Blurb for Plagues and Papyrus – Egyptians

What if life is built on the wrong foundation?

Kheti and his family have farmed papyrus along the Nile for generations. Kheti is confident the gods of Egypt and the harmony maintained by the divine Pharaoh are the sources of his prosperity. Then he watches his beloved river turn to blood, his crops fail, and his nation descend into chaos.

The Hebrew God wants his people released from slavery.

When the gods remain silent and Pharaoh is powerless to stop the carnage, Kheti wrestles with which way to turn. Replant his flattened crops and cling to Egypt’s gods? Or forsake his roots to follow new friends and a new faith to a distant land?

Could there be a place in God’s family for an Egyptian who kept God’s people as slaves?

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Why write in a new genre?

In a lot of ways this new genre is more natural to me. Since 2004, I have been an oral Bible storyteller. As told elsewhere, I never intended writing fiction. It was during a half-day of prayer that the idea for my first novel dropped into my head. I didn’t think I could ever write a novel but over a six-year period, God pushed me to write fiction and led me to the resources to learn how. The final push was reading Francine Rivers’ Sons of Encouragement which is Biblical fiction. As I read, it was clear that this was how I should practice writing. I was a Bible storyteller, I’d practice by writing Biblical fiction. I wrote two practice novels before starting the contemporary book that became Grace in Strange Disguise. That one book led to a six-book series.

While writing the previous series, I began to think that one day I might go back to Biblical-era fiction. I was keen to do Old Testament stories (I love the OT and people are less familiar with it) and on the theme of God reaching out to the nations.

2022 was supposed to be a rest from writing novels. However, I ended up mentoring students at a theological college and there were several class-free weeks. “I’ll just do the research,” I promised myself but somehow two books were written.

The Biblical research is my favourite part of the process. I found the books easier to write because they are more spiritually encouraging compared with writing contemporary stories. So expect more historical fiction from me. At the moment, I was planning a nine-book series, but already have more than twelve ideas.

Each book will focus on one people group from the peoples within Canaan and surrounding Israel. The first three will be Amorites, Egyptians, and Hivites (better known as Gibeonites).

Where can you buy Plagues and Papyrus?

My first choice would be that you buy it directly from my online PayHip store. This store uses PayPal or Stripe (Visa or Mastercard) to process your payments and has a general SAVE10% coupon that can be applied at checkout. You can also leave reviews directly on my store. I’d love it if you copied reviews you’ve written elsewhere and pasted them on my site. Scroll down to the bottom of the purchase page and click on the green ‘write a review’ button.

Of course, you can buy it directly from other distributors.

PRINT – is already available through Amazon. For Australians, the cheapest option is to buy directly from me (contact me via this website). It’s also available through the Wandering Bookseller (Australia), and Koorong (Australia).