Crosswalk.com - Fiction

Still "Thirsty" After Tracey Bateman's Vampire Lit Novel

Katherine Britton — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 05:00:00 GMT

Stephenie Meyers didn't create vampire lit—her Twilight saga just revitalized the genre and brought it to the teen girls audience. Tracey Bateman's Thirsty capitalizes on this genre expectation—and appetite for a Christian alternative

James Explores Justice and Truth in The Knight

Kelley Mathews — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 05:00:00 GMT

The third installation of “The Bowers Files,” The Knight explores the relationship between justice and truth—do they always go together? Must they be one and the same? Which is more important? And is lying ever justified?

Ancient Riddles, Capitol Secrets Uncovered in The Lost Symbol

Owen Wildman — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 05:00:00 GMT

Dan Brown’s latest, The Lost Symbol follows Professor Robert Langdon through another tale of hidden power and complex ciphers in a deadly cat-and-mouse game in, around and below the streets of a well-known city. This time it’s Washington D.C.

Ghostwriter Delivers Ghosts and Gore with a Dash of God

Owen Wildman — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 05:00:00 GMT

Ghostwriter is Christian horror-with an emphasis on horror-and fills the void as a sanitized substitute for Stephen King. If you like your ghosts and gore with a dash of God, this book may be the chilled dish you've been craving.

Higher Hope Blends Love and Litigation

Owen Wildman — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 05:00:00 GMT

Higher Hope, the second installment in Robert Whitlow’s Tides of Truth series published by Thomas Nelson, blends love and litigation in a twisting tale of a single Christian woman’s efforts to balance career, romance, and faith.