NEVER LOOK BACK, by Kathy Herman

Ivy Griffith, beautiful, single mom of an adorable 7 year old, is being released from prison. Her life seems to be on the upswing since she settled matters between her and the Lord (back in EVER PRESENT DANGER). Only Ivy can't seem to break free from her past. She tries to settle in, and with the help of her family, gets a job at the reception desk for the Christian Camp. The bond between Ivy and her son, Montana, grows...but there is something missing, something she's afraid will never be able to supple. Ivy wants very much for Montana to have a father in his life, yet she has made so many terrible choices in that area of her life she is timid to do so again. When she finally decides on Rue, a worker at the camp, she believes she's moving forward. Then come the brutal beatings of some of the towns people, and Rue doesn't have an alibi. He says he was looking at the stars. That, and a shared secret, start to wedge their way into one of the wounds in Ivy's heart, until she must trust totally on the Lord to NEVER LOOK BACK.

I'm not a romance reader, but Kathy Herman delivers some of the greatest suspense in her class. I'll not say it's the best, but only because I know writers to be people in change, always striving to be better than they were in their last book. Kathy is no different. You will love her tender touches as much as her brutal realism and the way life tears at the human heart. We can only take the pieces of our lives up, and offer them to our Lord, and in tears say, "Lord, fix it? Please." It is then we experience the love of God personally. She captures this so beautifully that it always amazes me.


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FLASHPOINT - Day 2

Yeah, yeah, I know I have the other blog going, but I needed to make mention of the links at the end. It was made known to me that the original links to Yellow30 Sci-Fi were wrong. I've corrected them. You'll find them at the end of this post and corrected in yesterday's as well.

So, what would you do if you had an ID chip in you, telling the government that you were a terrorist, capable of locating you no matter where you went? The Bible says that in those days there will be no place to hide. With today's chip implant technology we're already there.

Many years ago I asked my dad about a brand new satellite system that would aid our armed forces in navigation, getting advanced weather details, etc. The technology was so "sci-fi" like that it had the ability to take a picture of a person's license plate and reproduce it so others could read the numbers and letters on the plate. Being a teen at the time, who was interested in end time theology, I said, "Wow! Just imagine if those things were equipped with thermal scopes. There really wouldn't be any place left to hide." His reply to me was, "They already are equipped, it's just not been turned on."

People, the year 2036 is almost here. We have the chip implant technology, GPS satellites, and all these interesting groups that you'd expect; the World Health Organization (WHO), the World Council of Churches (WCC) and the World Trade Organization (WTO). Want to have some fun? Do a Google search on "World Organizations". We're closer to a "One State" government and its churchy counter part, "One Church" than you may wish to believe. People are manipulating DNA in search of the perfect human (Dr. Mengela would be so proud). Technology has taken us into the realm of nanotechnology, meaning the ability to build simple machines at or below the atomic level. In other words, you can't see them. Where will it all end? You have a Bible? The ending is written in there. It's amazing how the Apostle John could be so accurate, especially most of the things he talked about were hundreds of years from existing on any level.

Frank Creed isn't trying to tell us something we don't already know. He's trying to prepare us for a battle too many of us are willing to admit is already here. Way to go Frank.

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Yellow 30 Sci-Fi's July Feature book and 2008 Pluto nominee
Feature Author, Frank Creed

You also may be interested in the Yellow30 Sci-Fi review
Their review of FLASPOINT

FLASHPOINT, by Frank Creed

Day 2 Monday

This month's tour at the Christian Fiction Review Blog is FLASHPOINT, by Frank Creed, a Biblical cyber-punk view of end times. Lots of action with unrealistic sequences that he makes you feel as though they are realistic. This is a keeper folks. If you don't go out and get a copy I'm gonna let Calamity Kid handle you. He's a “Sandman” in a “muscle cell” of the “Body of Christ” in Chicago. The year is 2036, and guess what? You were right. The politics have made things worse for believers. The muscle cells fight a battle against the One State Government. If you don't read this you have no one to blame but yourself. On a scale of 1 to 5 I give FLASHPOINT about a 7. - David Brollier

Sold with the big boys at Amazon Books

Don't miss out on checking this site at Make Room for FLASHPOINT

Yellow 30 Sci-Fi's July Feature book and 2008 Pluto nominee
Feature Author, Frank Creed

You also may be interested in the Yellow30 Sci-Fi review
Their review of FLASPOINT