Gary Lindberg

I received this book through LibraryThing in return for an honest review.

Charlotte Ansari, a reporter for CCN News, and her son Greg, who has Asperger's Syndrome, get caught up in a holy quest. She recruits her father and cameraman to assist.
They are looking for a couple of holy relics. But they aren't the only ones. Competing against them are The Mossad, CIA, and Indian Intelligence Agency. She has a representative from the Sicarrii, a group of assassins, secretly protecting her.
There is plenty of action from the very beginning, when Charlotte is in Iraq during the Insurgent uprising. This book was exciting and informative. There were a few boring bits, when the author was explaining biblical verses and legends. But those were necessary to understand where the story was going.

I liked The Shekinah Legacy and plan to read Sons of Zedok Book 2.… (more)

While the basic premise of this book is both intriguing and interesting, there are some problems that were very distracting and that ultimately deterred from the story. Lindberg writes well and does a good job with character development. I could ignore the similarities between his book and “The DaVinci Code” which were numerous and eerily close. Still the plot would have worked except for the historical and biblical errors. As one who teaches biblical history and theology, it is perhaps much more bothersome to me than it might be to others. The connection between the Sicarii (an extremist group of the Jewish Zealots) and the Essenes is tenuous, at best. I could ignore this as a plot device, however. But Lindberg either needs to do more research or get a better editor, because in other places it is just incorrect. For example, he relates and attributes the story of the magi to Mark’s gospel, and it is from Matthew. He cites the wrong pharaoh for the Exodus. And he confuses (or merges intentionally, I’m not sure) Simon Peter and Simon the Zealot, who appear to be two entirely different people based on biblical history. There are more, but these are examples of some of the inconsistent and incorrect information in the book. Still, if you can get past those, the book is entirely readable and the characters build sympathy with the reader and resonate with modern times. It is not a bad read, if one can look beyond some of the profound errors.… (more)