Will found that fearlessness is not only attainable-but contagious.Īvailable: Amazon, Christianbooks.
If We Survive artfully examines issues of life and death, prayer and faith, and most forcefully courage do what is right despite your fear. Readers will feel the fear, taste the sweat and grime and agonize with Will over exhaustion and decisions that will determine his future and shape his character. After the first missionary is executed, Dunn escapes, and Will believes the ex-Marine has abandoned them to their doom.Īndrew Klavan spins another nonstop, action-packed tale laced with life principles for life’s extremities. The local rebel thug, Mendoza, imprisons the six Americans, and the Bush pilot, Palmer Dunn, insists the rebels will murderer them all. Rebels have initiated a revolution in Costa Verdes, and the five missionaries and their pilot are caught in the middle. While awaiting their pilot for the return trip home, rebel gunmen burst into the local cantina and murder the proprietor before their eyes. (Apr.Will, a High school sophomore and an unlikely hero, flies with Pastor Ron and three other students into a poverty stricken Central American country to rebuild a schoolhouse. Unfortunately, he's never really given any room to grow in his personal beliefs or character, with his certainty that he's always correct consistently getting reinforced throughout. Details of the last day Charlie remembers are slowly filled in over the course of his escape, but the most intriguing parts of the novel are the present-day action sequences although Charlie often gets lucky, he's also very capable of recognizing that luck and taking advantage of opportunities when they arise. he discovers that he's also a fugitive from the law and has somehow been drawn into an Islamist terrorist conspiracy. He manages to escape, and as he evades his former captors. High schooler Will Peterson and three friends journeyed to Central America to. One night, he goes to sleep and wakes up to find himself one year in the future at a secret compound, with no memory of what's happened to him. They came on a mission of mercy, but now theyre in a fight for their lives. Charlie West is a good student, a black belt at karate and has finally asked out his dream girl.
The first young adult novel from Edgar-winner Klavan, which kicks off the Homelanders series, offers fast-paced action sequences, but disappoints with a weak plot.
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