<p>Today it is a utilitarian waterway -- a 3.9-mile canal carved through the rough terrain of the Isthmus of Corinth -- serving the maritime industry in Greece by saving sailors many miles of sea travel around the Peloponnesian peninsula. Centuries ago, and for many centuries since, the canal was but a dream, and in this exciting and historically accurate novel, author C. Norman Noble tells the fictional story of young Lucius, son of the Roman Legate in charge of military affairs in the region while it was under the protection of Rome. Ambitious and fearless, as only the young can be, Lucius is easily recruited as their "salesman" by a pair of promoters aiming to raise a large sum of money from influential people, ostensibly to fund the digging of the canal. The adventure intensifies when Lucius boldly yet innocently approaches the Roman Emperor, Nero, who not only endorses the project but also comes to the Greek city of Korinthos (Corinth) to grace the project with his imperial presence, thus giving the appearance of legitimacy to this enormously difficult but potentially revolutionary effort. Only after Nero has bestowed his imprimatur and all the money has been raised does Lucius discover that his employers are actually "con men" -- convicts, actually -- whose intentions are far less than honorable. The tale then follows young Lucius through all of the ups and downs of growing into manhood and building a challenging dream, only to see it die as the criminals implement their plan to "take the money and run" and as the reluctant warrior pursues them, not only to recover the investors' money but also to rescue his own apparently ruined reputation. A swashbuckler, with just a touch of romance and significant religious overtones, Changing of the Gods is a wonderful read for all who see history as fundamentally a gigantic, engaging, human drama.</p>

Changing of the Gods

Literature & Fiction

Noble, C. Norman

Contemporary

Opa Pub

VISUALIZE - the Top Secret U.S. Stealth Aircraft flying at 500 MPH, hugging the ground at an altitude of 200 feet, all made possible by a revolutionary Terrain Avoidance System developed by Pierce Electronics.  IMAGINE - that this system has five hundred miniature, phased array, narrow-beam radars individually pulsing in random frequencies at nanosecond bursts.  CONCEDE - that this is a brilliant idea.  DISCOVER - that the Soviets agree because they have just stolen the secret. A prestigious American electronics company designs and develops a terrain avoidance/terrain following system that is undetectable by enemy radar. Then mysteriously, the Soviets end up with the design by way of a Chinese broker. A mole, deep within the GRU, reveals the theft to his CIA counterpart. The FBI quickly determines that the culprit is someone high up in the company who was born in China, speaks fluent Mandarin, and was photographed making a "drop" in front of the Soviet embassy in Washington, D.C.  Only thing is, he didn't do it. His own investigation reveals that the company's vice president of engineering is most likely the perpetrator. Every sign points to him. There can be no doubt. Only thing is, he didn't do it either.  The surprise ending will blow you away.

Prophet

It's mid-morning in late March of 88 AD. The marketplace in Smyrna, a remote Aegean outpost of the Roman Empire, is alive with shoppers and merchants. Suddenly, a commotion erupts and a handsome young man, well-dressed, is being confronted by a merchant and two Roman legionnaires-the policeman of that time-and is taken into custody for a theft that had occurred the prior day. Thus does Marsallas, son of an early Christian missionary and himself a spreader of the word of Christ, find himself detained by the authorities, accused of a crime that three eye witnesses saw during its commission, and imprisoned without a trial even though he insists that he is a Roman citizen and deserves the privileges of such citizenship, which include trial before a judge. But why? Why were the witnesses so sure that it had been Marsallus? Only one explanation would suffice: that Marsallus has a twin brother. And that turns out to be the precise truth! This book is about that truth, about how the young twins became separated, why it was kept a family secret for so many years-and never disclosed to Marsallus by his parents. But even more, it's about the dangerous and potentially fatal adventures that the young Roman has to endure in his efforts to escape his imprisonment, to remain free even though a wanted man, and to find a way to return to his family and solve the riddle that his life became on that bright morning in March. Do the brothers re-unite? Is that even possible? Author C. Norman Noble tells a suspenseful, fast-moving story that is touched with the faith of a young Christian, the cruelty and injustice of the all-powerful secular government of Emperor, Titus Flavious Domitianus, the difficulty of daily existence in those ancient times, and-ultimately-the love that sustains life, has always overcome adversity . . . and still does so.

Ever the Twins Shall Meet

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Changing of the Gods

Prophet

Ever the Twins Shall Meet