BoneMan's Daughters - Ted Dekker

One by one the bones break beneath his expert hands. He’s done this many times before. They don’t call him the BoneMan for nothing. It’s not that he wants to kill them necessarily, they just don’t meet up with the standards he’s set for the perfect daughter. And that’s all he wants. Someone to love him like he loves himself.
But in his pursuit for perfection, the BoneMan faces a formidable foe. Ryan Evans, father of the BoneMan’s latest victim, is not just going to let his daughter go. Having been subjected to seeing the same sort of torture as a POW in the War on Terror, Ryan can only imagine his daughter placed in that situation. He hasn’t been a perfect father by any means; he’d barely been a part of his daughter’s life. But that experience had brought him closer, made him want to reconcile with his daughter. And now that he was back, this monster had taken her from him, trying to make her his own daughter.

With the FBI thinking that Ryan himself is the BoneMan, he lashes out and goes vigilante. The battle between the Ryan and the BoneMan becomes personal. A war of two fathers in which one must fall.
Boneman’s Daughter’s exhibits a depth and a breadth that is both heart-pounding and heart-stopping. It is page-turning and riveting. Be prepared for an intricately woven story that examines the depth of one father’s love. Prepare for 4.14.09, clear your schedule because you’ll not want to put this book down, calm yourself, keep the lights on, and enjoy…for behold, the BoneMan cometh.



BoneMan’s Daughters is a first for Ted. Breaking out of the CBA market, he’s publishing his first ABA novel—his first “New York” novel, to borrow his terminology. This has some of his fans in a quandary. Is Ted leaving his roots as a Christian author and going secular? Some fans clamor for the “Old Ted” as seen in his first string of novels, The Martyr’s Song. The darkness and supposed obscurity of the Christian message in Ted’s more recent books such as Showdown and Adam have some concerned that Ted is heading down a path that kowtows to consumerism rather than the message of Christianity.

But that certainly is not the case. It is with these later novels that Ted has infused even richer meaning and symbolism, encouraging the reader to be sucked in to the power of Story and creating modern-day parables meant for those who have eyes to see and ears to hear. And those who are looking for the true story of the BoneMan’s Daughters will not find themselves disappointed.

It’s the story of a Father who is willing to go to extreme lengths to save His estranged Daughter from the clutches of a killer who wants the Daughter for his own. BoneMan’s Daughters is powerful. It is deep. It is meaningful. Yet it manages to be pulse-racing and page-turning. Ted manages to infuse a timeless literary quality without sacrificing the commercial thrilling nature.

There are other, much more significant and profound truths expressed through this book, but for the sake of not spoiling it, I shall leave them unsaid. BoneMan’s Daughters is a must-read. Trust me, pick it up and you will not be disappointed.


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Expiration Date - Eric Wilson

What if you knew when the person across from you was going to die? Echoing Dickens and Ebenezer Scrooge, we might ask if these are the things that will be or only might be. What if you knew? What if you could stop it? What if you could save them from their Expiration Date?

Eric Wilson launches a literary masterpiece that explores the tension between the forces of Light and Darkness. Clay Ryker is a failed businessman with a failed marriage. A grown man moving back in with his parents subject to his parents who treat him like the kid he isn't anymore. But strange things are happening in Clay's life. He's been cursed...blessed?...with the ability to know when the people around him will die. As Clay tries to unravel the mystery and save people from their expiration date, the deepest darkest secret from his past emerges.

Can Clay face his own inner demons? What is happening with 8.1.0.0.4? Why was he the one given this gift? And how does an ex-cop named Vince Turney fit into all of this?

Expiration Date can be read as a standalone novel, but it also contains several connections with Eric's first novel Dark to Mortal Eyes, and his current series, The Jerusalem's Undead Trilogy. This book is 5 out of 5 stars, so definitely pick it up. But don't neglect Wilson's other books either.

Expiration Date - Eric Wilson

Christianity Today Study Series - Faith and Pop Culture

Can we find Jesus in popular entertainment? Can secular entertainment contain spiritual truths? Does an "R" rating automatically make a movie sinful, non-Christian, and valueless?

Christianity Today's small group study guide called Faith and Pop Culture seeks to explore those questions. Eight sessions mean that this book can be digested in an 8 week period...or perhaps longer if discussion gets good.

It really dives in deep to issues such as sports, television, modern literature, violence in media, and non-family friendly media.

Overall, this is a great text to stimulate thinking. The articles are well-written. A bit more direction or suggestions to lead the questionings would have been nice. If your church is looking for a hip new Sunday School program for older Teens or young adults. Properly utilized, it will be a great tool in reaching the media-powered tech-driven world that we live in.

Christianity Today Study Series - Faith and Pop Culture

Rachel's Tears - Beth Nimmo and Darrell Scott

I was actually watching CNN when the news broke that there had been shots fired at Columbine. Has it really been ten years? With the news media referring to it every time a school shooting occurs, it does not seem that long ago.

One of the victims of Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold's rampage was Rachel Scott. Like most girls, she struggled with issues like smoking, drinking, and sexual purity. But unlike many, Rachel had an amazing faith in God that brought her through it all.

The first part of the book recounts how the Columbine tragedy unfolded from the perspective of Rachel's parents. For the remainder of the book, they trade off stories, discussing how much they learned of their daughter's spiritual depth by the journals she left behind.

It's a great inspirational read. But was she a martyr? I would say no. Does that discount the depth of her faith and what we can take from it? No. Also I have one issue for the folks at Thomas Nelson. Why is it categorized as Juvenile Fiction/ Biography & Autobiography/ Religious? If it is fiction then all the emotional impact of this story gone and instead we are left with someone profiting from a tragedy. I will be contacted TN to find out why this book is categorized as such.

Rachel's Tears - Beth Nimmo and Darrell Scott