{"product_id":"transgression-a-time-travel-suspense-novel-paperback","title":"Transgression: A Time-Travel Suspense Novel - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eR. S. Ingermanson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAll your life, \u003c\/b\u003e you dreamed about the City of God.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBut\u003c\/b\u003e you never thought you'd ever actually go there. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eUntil\u003c\/b\u003e now. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eYour name\u003c\/b\u003e is Rivka Meyers, and you are a total misfit. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eYou are a Messianic Jew, \u003c\/b\u003e studying at UC Berkeley. Misfit. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eYou are a woman\u003c\/b\u003e getting your PhD in archaeology-a man's field. Misfit. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eYou are in Israel\u003c\/b\u003e working on an archaeological dig, pretending to be someone you're not. Misfit. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eYour Israeli\u003c\/b\u003e co-worker on the dig tries to set you up with his cousin, Ari Kazan. Disaster. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBecause Ari \u003ci\u003elikes you\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e And you haven't told him you're Messianic. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAri\u003c\/b\u003e is a theoretical physicist who wrote some crazy paper on time travel. Somehow, an experimental physicist, Damien West, thought it was a good idea.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDamien\u003c\/b\u003e came all the way from the US to try to build a wormhole to test Ari's crazy theory. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDamien is obsessed\u003c\/b\u003e with safety, which seems a little weird. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBut\u003c\/b\u003e he has a personal reason for wanting time travel to be real, and it's a lot weird. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOnly\u003c\/b\u003e he's not telling anyone that reason. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDamien\u003c\/b\u003e wants to go back in time and kill the apostle Paul. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSomehow, \u003c\/b\u003e Damien gets the wormhole working, sort of.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSomehow, \u003c\/b\u003e he tricks you into going through the wormhole, without telling you where you're going, or when. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSomehow, \u003c\/b\u003e you find yourself in Jerusalem, AD 57, completely unprepared and completely bedazzled. This is where you always wanted to visit. It would be dumb to leave without looking around. But too late, you realize it's even dumber to stay. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBecause\u003c\/b\u003e you're the worst possible misfit in the City of God. You didn't come dressed for a place and time where women are required to cover their bodies. Where women don't talk to men. Where women are property, not people. Where violating the rules could get you killed. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBack in the lab, \u003c\/b\u003e Damien isn't worried about you. He packs his gun, sets a timer to shut down the wormhole, and walks through into ancient Jerusalem. If he calculated the dates right, he'll be lining up the apostle Paul in his gunsights next Tuesday. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnd\u003c\/b\u003e you can't stop him, even if you figure out what he's up to.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThere's a loose cannon\u003c\/b\u003e in this picture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAri\u003c\/b\u003e Kazan. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe guy\u003c\/b\u003e who has a weird, crazy, stupid crush on you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe guy\u003c\/b\u003e who's mad at you for not telling him you're a Messianic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe guy\u003c\/b\u003e who just found out Damien West has made a fool of him. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat's Ari\u003c\/b\u003e going to do? \u003c\/p\u003eAbout The Book\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTransgression\u003c\/b\u003e is a time-travel suspense novel that mixes science, history, religion, romance, and suspense. It's about learning to stand up for yourself, when you just want to be let alone. It's about making hard decisions. It's about asking whether life has meaning and whether God exists - and becoming a badass fighter for justice, even if you don't have the answers. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTransgression\u003c\/b\u003e won the 2001 Christy award for best futuristic novel in Christian fiction. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTransgression\u003c\/b\u003e will take you on a wretched, miserable, dangerous adventure through the filthy, bandit-ridden streets of first-century Jerusalem. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTransgression\u003c\/b\u003e is the first novel in the City of God series: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBook 1: Transgression (A.D. 57)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBook 2: Premonition (A.D. 57-62)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBook 3: Retribution (A.D. 62-66)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRandy Ingermanson is the award-winning author of six novels, all written at the intersection of Science Avenue and Faith Boulevard. He earned a PhD in theoretical physics from UC Berkeley and would love to travel back in time to first-century Jerusalem. So far, the closest he's come has been working on an archaeological dig on Mount Zion, right in the heart of the City of God.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 380\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.85 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 13, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42712488378431,"sku":"9781937031190","price":24.28,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/c91cf2035caa1798f1db33f827c7a270.webp?v=1765061891","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/transgression-a-time-travel-suspense-novel-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}