One event has had more influence on Western culture than almost any other in history: the crucifixion of Jesus of Nazareth. For 2,000 years the world has sought to better know, and to better understand, this man and His message. But what about the two criminals who were crucified alongside Jesus on that historic day? Who were these men who were tied by fate to one of history's most extraordinary teachers? Little or nothing has been told of their story.
The Thieves of Golgotha is an intensely dramatic portrayal of these two felons and their final days: Nikos, a free-born Greek sold into Roman slavery by his father, and Azriel, an unrepentant, agnostic Galilean. In prison they meet Bartholomew, a follower of Jesus, whose unshakeable faith gives them pause, and Barabbas, the Judean who would be released so that Jesus could fulfill His destiny. From their prison window, they observe the trial with Pilate; and finally they meet Jesus on the crosses of Golgotha.

The Thieves of Golgotha

Lliteras, D.S.

Literature & Fiction

Hampton Roads Pub Co Inc

Exceptional new fiction from the author of The Thieves of Golgotha and the Llewellen trilogy. History characterizes Judas as the disciple who betrayed Jesus. In this magnificent study of the conflict between human desires and destiny, Lliteras artfully scrapes away two thousand years of myth to reveal Judas the man: the depth of his agony over his actions, and the intricate nature of his relationship with Jesus.
Lliteras infuses his literary world with all the vividness and often heart breaking realism that readers have come to expect from his work. An unforgettable and majestic continuation of Lliteras’ biblical epic, The Thieves of Golgotha.

Judas the Gentile: A Novel

Based on the author's own experiences in Vietnam, deftly explores the emotional and spiritual wounds of war in a veteran's return home.

613 West Jefferson

Genre Fiction

Hampton Roads Publishing

With Jerusalem's Rain, D. S. Lliteras completes the historical portrait of Jesus that began with 1998's acclaimed The Thieves of Golgotha. Following Thieves came Judas the Gentile, a moving study of the tortured soul of Jesus' most reviled disciple. Now, Lliteras flawlessly evokes the anguish Peter must live with after his famous triple denial of Jesus.
Jerusalem's Rain follows Peter and the other disciples who remain in the city as they hide from further persecution at the hands of Roman Centurions, mourn the loss of their Master, and wonder how to go on without him. It is Peter, however, who descends furthest into this collective Dark Night of the Soul. At the lowest depths of his despair, he is met by the resurrected Christ who greets him with love and the renewal of his great message: "Follow me."

Jerusalem's Rain: A Novel

Jesus did not die alone. He died in the company of women, and in the presence of John's silence. Yet, this silence of one brother disciple resounds more loudly than all the lamentations of sister disciples, who loved and followed and took care of Jesus, before and after his death.
The power of this silence demonstrates and reinforces the cultural exclusion of women: their contributions to a new religious spirit, their loving support during his life, their heartfelt presence at his crucifixion, their tender care after his death, and their believing witness after his resurrection.
Through the women of Palestine, Lliteras brings to life the love and the sorrow, the loyalty and the sacrifice of sister disciples, who were present before, during, and after Jesus' crucifixion on Golgotha, and who still claim that presence to this day.

The Silence Of John

Continuing his unparalleled literary quest to explore the immediate human fallout surrounding the crucifixion, D. S. Llliteras's latest novel follows Addan, a young boy searching for his father, a disciple of Jesus. Along the way, Addan encounters bandits, lepers, and con men before teaming up with Jeshua, an entertainer and opportunist, who protects the boy while at the same time using him to help swindle unsuspecting strangers. Like all of the best fiction characters, Addan's story mirrors our own search for a faith to help us understand and see us through our turbulent and troubled times. D.S. Lliteras is the author of nine critically acclaimed novels.

The Master of Secrets

A treasury of poetry and photographs from the Vietnam War. Lliteras strikes at the heart of the complex emotions that surround this conflict, moving from thoughts of fallen comrades to Zen-inspired reflections on nature.

In a Warrior's Romance

Zumwalt Jr., E. R.

United States

Mid-winter, early '80s. Llewellen is on the street, stranded in a strange city. He has lost his wife, his career, his home--everything that provided him with an identity.
Then, at his lowest point, he is befriended by Jansen, an American Zen master who knows that enlightened living is possible for anybody, anywhere. Jansen introduces him to a new society, a set of people whose example teaches him how to escape not from life, but into life.

In the Heart of Things

In this sequel to In The Heart of Things, Robert Llewellen is back in Miami, his hometown, at ground zero, feeling his "inner self becoming cluttered with the illusion of enlightenment. . ." In Baltimore, Llewellen's life had been radically changed by the ideas of Jansen, a Zen practitioner who undertook to help him penetrate into the heart of things. He thought he understood Jansen's message, but in trying to practice it, he finds that he is unintentionally hurting the friends he is trying to help. Somehow, he must find out what it was in Jansen's message that he missed.

Into the Ashes: A Novel

Flames and Smoke Visible is the true story about a veteran fire fighter who was injured on the fireground. While in the hospital, he is compelled to consider what it means to be. What emerges from his remembrance of things past is a lean and eloquent book about brave and honorable fire fighters who possess the mystery of knowing how to face the living and the dying. Their valiant stories are filled with understated wisdom and humility about the beautiful and dreadful things encountered on the fireground. As David Willson, author of REMF Diary: A Novel of the Vietnam War Zone, writes: “With the authority of experience as a professional fire fighter, D.S. Lliteras has written an authentic and entertaining book . . . a beautifully written, riveting account about this profession that is not only a first-rate entertaining book but also a book which informs, instructs, and allows the reader access to the human heart.”

Flames and Smoke Visible: A Fire Fighter's Tale

Engineering & Transportation

Engineering

Rainbow Ridge

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