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    Sacred Books & Sky Hooks

    By Paul Enns Wiebe

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    This novel is a genre-bending work that blends nonfiction with fiction. It is a mystery/detective/literary work, providing high drama with an occasional dollop of comic relief.
    The characters include the narrator and protagonist, Ethan Swift III, a former Washington lawyer and amateur comparative religionist who puts three founder myths—those created by Corky Ra, founder of a contemporary start-up religion; Joseph Smith; and the Apostle Paul—on the virtual stand and cross-examines their claims to having had divine revelations. Along the way Ethan encounters Alcina Smith, a beautiful Mormon apostate whose stern father is one of the Twelve; Sabrina Makespeare, a literary agent; Jason Joseph Allred, whose flirtation with polygamy both Ethan and Alcina in danger; and FBI special agent Dennis Box Elder, who offers Ethan a measure of succor.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPaul Enns Wiebe
    Release dateSep 18, 2018
    ISBN9780463018125
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    Paul Enns Wiebe

    Armed with a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago, Paul Enns Wiebe taught comparative religion at Wichita State University until taking very early retirement from his tenured position to become an independent writer. He has published nine novels and counting, as well as a pair of nonfiction books and a passel of articles in his academic specialties.  

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