The Story of B (Ishmael #2)
The Story of B (Ishmael #2)
Author: Daniel Quinn
Desc: An Adventure of the Mind and Spirit Father Jared Osborne has received an extraordinary assignment from his superiors: Investigate an itinerant preacher stirring up deep trouble in central Europe. His followers all him B but his enemies say he’s something else: the Antichrist. However the man Osborne tracks across a landscape of bars cabarets and seedy meeting halls is no blasphemous monster—though an earlier era would undoubtedly have rushed him to the burning stake. For B claims to be enunciating a gospel written not on any stone or parchment but in our very genes opening up a spiritual direction for humanity that would have been unimaginable to any of the prophets or saviors of traditional religion. Pressed by his superiors for a judgment Osborne is driven to penetrate B’s inner circle where he soon finds himself an anguished collaborator in the dismantling of his own religious foundations. More than a masterful novel of adventure and suspense The Story of B is a rich source of compelling ideas from an author who challenges us to rethink our most cherished beliefs.