A Story of Scorpions: A Novel - Hardcover

Everett, Gabriel

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9780517706657: A Story of Scorpions: A Novel

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ISBN 10: 0517706652 ISBN 13: 9780517706657

Publisher: Crown Pub, 1997

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His life ruined by the brutal rape and murder of his wife and young son, a crime that he had witnessed, minister Alson Pierce becomes obsessed with the man who butchered his family and gains access to the imprisoned criminal with the intention of killing him. A first novel. 35,000 first printing.

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A Story of Scorpions is Gabriel Everett's first novel and the first installment of the Beaumont Trilogy.

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on Pierce's life is destroyed by the brutal murders of his wife and son. Everything he's loved most dearly is taken from him, and he is left alone with nothing but his damaged faith in God. Upholding the Gospel's commandment to "love your enemies," Reverend Pierce requests entry into a maximum security prison to serve his nemesis, Alex Leonard, in a true Christian sense. When the prison authorities question his intentions and deny him access, the media gets involved and the minister's wish is granted: He and the murderer are brought together within the prison walls. A documentary filmmaker is granted permission to record this miracle of forgiveness. Reverend Pierce is lauded as a saint. What the public doesn't know is Pierce's intention to shoot the murderer dead. What the reader doesn't know is whether Pierce will fulfill his desire or not.

In convicted murderer Alex Leonard, Gabriel Everett has created one of the most menacing and enigmatic villains in re

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