JONAH: Novel. 243 pages. Paperback (8″ x 5-1/2″).
Publisher: Self-published by author – Larry E. Nevenhoven
Front Cover Picture: Rich Legg at www.leggnet.com
Editor: Dorothy Simpson
Publisher’s Release Date: Soon
Two short novels written specifically for Christian businessmen who live in a post-911 America where watered-down, sit-in-the-pew religion no longer offers hope for what may happen tomorrow.
First short novel: Jeremiah.
Jeremiah De Luz is the main character who lives the American dream in San Francisco. Son of a wealthy real estate broker. Drafted by the New York Yankees to play professional baseball. Baseball scholarship to Stanford University. And the beautiful Kari Nobel. Jeremiah’s future is one big rainbow with a guaranteed pot of gold at its end.
But then, a nighttime experience with an angel wrecks his dreams when he is commissioned as a prophet. His calling requires him to make painful decisions so that he can be readied for a future ministry.
So, will San Francisco listen to Jeremiah’s words and repent? Or is the city doomed?
Second short novel: Jonah.
This short novel is a two-part story with the first part being a modern-day adaptation of the Old Testament book, Jonah. The main character is an auto mechanic named Jonah Pardee.
Jonah hears a voice say, “Go to the West Coast and speak My words to the real estate agents…”
Sadly, Jonah hates real estate agents because of his bitter divorce from Ally. He resigns his calling and moves to Houston. A series of events changes Jonah’s mind and eventually he ends up in San Francisco where he speaks the warnings to real estate agents. Thus, Jonah Pardee becomes the “real estate prophet.”
Five years later, Nahum Honeycutt hears the same voice saying the same words. Unlike Jonah Pardee, Nahum has a different dilemma on the West Coast. The real estate agents hate Nahum because he is not the “real estate prophet.”
Eventually, it comes down to the real estate agents. What do they decide? What are the consequences?
Could these stories take place in any American city? Sadly, the answer is yes. When? Any time!
