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"A must read for anyone planning to visit Hawaii and interested in learning more about the culture."
This historical novel tells how two queens and a former slave change the destiny of a nation.
In 1200 A.D. Pa'ao of Tahiti, and his warrior priests, the Mu, invade the Hawaiian islands and systematically slaughter the Hawaiian priests of Io, a god of love and peace. They replace Io with many gods. Ku, bloodthirsty god of war and human sacrifice, is the worst. Five hundred years later, Princess Manu and Princess Lani are born into this world of violence and cruelty, a world dominated by a system known as kapu (forbidden). Five thousand miles away, in a New England slave quarter, a baby girl is born. Given as a wedding present at the age of four, she is raised in the home of Ashbel Green, President of Princeton University.
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The Spear of Destiny
This historical fantasy, the first in the Flower Girls trilogy, follows identical quadruplets who discover a dangerous—and possibly mystical—plot for world domination.
Four young women, known collectively as “The Flower Girls,” run a flower shop in London. However, their routine is upended when they unearth a corpse in their garden spot at the Chelsea Flower Show. They report the discovery to the Bobbies, but decide to investigate it themselves, keeping careful notes under the wry heading, “Pushing Up Daisies.” Their inquiries lead them from floral displays to cryptic symbols of the Knights Templar, and to hints of a holy relic that could alter the course of Europe’s future. Meanwhile in Germany, English-born philosopher Houston Stewart Chamberlain is plagued by “ever-present demons” (and a fear of flowers). He rises in influence within the German court while at night, ghostly apparitions of historical figures fuel his belief in the creation of a German master race. (“Trust your demons, Chamberlain. Trust me. You must cast all fear aside,” Charlemagne tells him in one his trances.) Urged on by his demons, Chamberlain convinces Kaiser Wilhelm II of the existence of a powerful relic, The Spear of Destiny. The very spear thought to have pierced the side on Christ as he hung on the cross. Chamberlain convinces the Kaiser that securing the mystical spear will secure Germany’s ultimate supremacy if they attack Russia and France. As Daisy and her sisters, Rose, Violet, and Delphinium (Del) unravel the connections between the dead man and the holy weapon, their discoveries intertwine with Chamberlain’s dark ambitions. By the time Daisy declares her intent “to place the Spear of Destiny with the Crown of Thorns in Notre Dame Cathedral,” the threads of myth, espionage, and impending war are all on a path to collide. But will the collision destroy the Flower Girls?
The Eye of Horus
In this second historical fantasy of The Flower Girls trilogy, the next generation of Flower Girls attempt to thwart the Nazi forces in Africa and turn the tide of the war in the Allies favor.
Lily, Heather, Pansy, and Iris grow up helping their mother, Daisy, run the William’s Flower Shop in London, England. As identical quadruplets, the little girls are soon known to the shop customers as The Flower Girls—a name that sticks with them as they grow into beautiful young women. When World War II breaks out, the four begin flying for the Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA). That’s when they also become known as “Attagirls.” The popular slang term is one of encouragement and praise for those crazy enough to want to ferry aircraft across Britain—and beyond—during a global war. When Iris is forced to make an emergency landing in the Nile Delta desert of Egypt, her sisters set off to rescue her. But before they find her, a man staggers across the desert, hands Iris a golden Eye of Horus bracelet, then dies in her arms. The Flower Girls are soon caught up in an adventure that has them wandering deep into the mystical past of Ancient Egypt. Here they meet “The Guardians,” once known as the Order of the Falcon. These phantoms have been subtly influencing events throughout history to protect the Eye of Horus bracelets from falling into the wrong hands, particularly those who would misuse their power. The Flower Girls learn that Rudolf Hess is nearby with a contingent of Brownshirts, or Sturmabteilung (SA), seeking to gain all seven of the Eye of Horus Bracelets, and their mystical powers. The girls are determined to stop him, but doing so means living in the tomb of the Silver Pharoah. The four not only have to face the Nazi’s but also the forces of Set, Egyptian god of chaos, storms, desert, and war.
The Nine-Tailed Fox
In this third historical fantasy of The Flower Girls trilogy, the next generation of Flower Girls attempt to rescue their sister from the jungles of Viet Nam.
Clover (Cloe), Cassia (Cassi), Dalia, and Poppy are identical quadruplets. Following in the family tradition, the girls are running the William’s Flower Shop in London, England in 1972. Cloe, Dalia and Poppy are opening the shop on the day they receive a phone call that will change their lives forever. Their sister Cassi, who volunteers as a nurse in a field hospital in Viet Nam, is missing. Hoping for the best, that their sister has been captured by Viet Cong and is still alive, the three travel to Viet Nam in search of her. Upon landing, the trio meet a handsome young photojournalist named Ben. Ben has just returned to Nam, where he has spent the last several years covering the war. He knows his way around the country and offers to help the women locate their missing sister. Ben puts them in touch with Ông Ba, an old Vietnamese hunter who knows the jungles like the back of his hand and agrees to serve as their guide. However, the girls will face more than just the Viet Cong and the relentless jungle. While attempting to gain more information about Cassi in the city of Nha Trang, Dalia and Cloe meet an ancient fortuneteller. The old woman warns them of the Nine-tailed Fox, a legendary creature known as a deceptive shapeshifter with evil intent. The Flower Girls must battle the Viet Cong, the stifling jungle with its many venomous snakes and insects, and the mystical, ever hungry Nine-Tailed Fox, in their frantic search to locate and rescue their beloved sister. This is not so much a story of war, as a story of love, sisterhood, and what unites all of us.
My Science Teacher Is A Zombie
Florida teens who are made unwitting participants in a diabolical plot against the U.S., plan to foil the plan and make a daring escape.
Best friends Tori Hatch and Ayida Rodella miss their first day of high school after Ayida’s beloved Granny Zulie, a mambo (Voodoo priestess), has a small stroke. On the day that Tori and Ayida missed, the high school principal announced a science contest, and now they’ve got some catching up to do. Science is a favorite subject of theirs, and the contest’s prize—a week-long field trip to the Everglades, where they’ve never been—sounds amazing.
Thanks to their brainpower, they emerge as two among the six winners, who also include new guy Zander Wolfe, a bona fide hottie whom Tori has her eyes on. On their way to the Everglades, the six freshmen realize that something is terribly wrong. The teens end up as captives of a sinister individual whose elaborate plan is to weaken American education by zombifying the country’s top science youth. As the zombifying powder still needs perfecting, the bright teens serve as both scientists and guinea pigs. Any hope of escape is quickly dashed by two teachers in menacing zombie form (the mind-controlled variety associated with Voodoo). Tori and Ayida have means of protecting themselves, courtesy of Granny, who, Ayida discovers, also slipped her a certain item that may prove helpful. Granny’s mambo “powers,” combined with the teenagers putting their heads together, may be just enough to devise a way to save themselves, along with all American citizens.
The Book of Jashar
When Hawaiian bats fall from the skies and humpback whales rot on Maui beaches in unparalleled numbers, two young scientists are sent to investigate. Anela, a Maui High girl, and Ian, a vampire on a mission, are thrown together to solve the mystery. Anela is drawn to the mysterious Ian, but her instinct tells her he's keeping secrets – secrets she's determined to uncover. Count Balan, the albino vampire who transformed Ian into one of the undead during the Middle Ages, is plotting to become ruler of both the living and the undead. The Count is following directions encoded in an ancient manuscript, The Book of Jashar, referenced in The Bible. He has created an army of dhampir, (half-vampire/half-human “day-walkers”) to do his bidding. When Anela learns Ian’s secrets, she offers to become his day-walker. The Book of Jashar holds the key to stopping the count. Ian and Anela must find it and decipher the code in time. Anela enlists the help of her high school friends. When Count Balan and his dhampir capture Anela and her friends, they join Ian to fight him with a blend of science, ingenuity and faith.
God, Glory and Gluons
God, Glory and Gluons: A Christian’s Guide to Quantum Mechanics uses humor, cartoons, and a conversational style to present a very difficult to understand topic–quantum mechanics. It does so in an engaging style that’s accessible to everyone. All that’s needed is an inquiring mind. The material is presented through a Christian lens.
Co-authored by John Draeger, M.D. and Vicki Draeger, Ph.D., the book builds on Vicki’s integrated thematic unit for middle school students, entitled Kids, Quarks, and Quanta. The curriculum has a foreword by Nobel Prize-winning physicist, Leon Lederman, in which he says, “I want to compliment you, even outrageously, for the course material you sent me on Quantum Theory for middle schools…Well, my hat is off. Time and again I found your treatment elegant and convincing.”
John Draeger, M.D. has a strong science background, as well as a degree in Divinity from Duke Divinity School. He leads a large Bible Study at First United Methodist Church in St. Petersburg, Fl, something he’s done for over a decade.The Biblical underpinnings of this work are solid.
In addition to Dr. Lederman, the curriculum was reviewed by John Hubisz, Ph.D. Physics Professor and former editor of Physics Today magazine, Robert Gilmore Ph.D., author of Alice in Quantumland, and Robert A. Gross Ph.D, Dean Emeritus of the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, Columbia University. The reader can trust the science.
Christians see God revealed in His creation of the macro (large/visible) world. This book will reveal his handiwork in the micro (tiny/invisible) world of quantum mechanics as the reader steps into this exciting new universe.
Living Your Life as a Prayer
As Christians, we’re called upon to “pray without ceasing.” 1 Thessalonians 5:16-17 says, “Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.” But what exactly does it mean to pray without ceasing? Surely it can’t mean that we’re supposed to lock ourselves in a prayer closet and never come out, not go to work, or play with the kids. I’m sure we all agree that it can’t literally mean to pray without ever stopping, but what should we do?
Well, what if we could live our lives as a prayer? If we lived our lives as a prayer, we would indeed be praying without ceasing for as long as we lived.
To consider how we might go about living our life as a prayer, this Bible Study uses a poetic device called an acrostic. An acrostic is a poem, word puzzle, or other composition in which certain letters in each line form a word or words. In this case, each letter in the word PRAYER will start a new chapter as we explore how we might go about living our lives by giving our attention to God in a two-way spiritual relationship. In other words, living our lives as a prayer.
