David Fitzgerald (3) (1964–)

This is an absolutely devastating critique of the mormon church. It boldly shines a light into those dark corners of mormon history that the church has done its best to deny and hide. Including: Joseph Smith's conviction for fraud (using the same stone and hat that he used to "translate" the Book of Mormon), Joseph Smith's marriage to a 14 year old, his polygamy, the various accounts of his 'first vision', the murderous danites, the mountain meadows massacre, the temple 'ceremonies' taken show more from the free masons, and much, much more. I look forward to more books in this series and hope that [a:David Fitzgerald|4438766|David Fitzgerald|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/m_50x66-82093808bca726cb3249a493fbd3bd0f.png] adds many more religions to his critical eye. show less

Excellent book! Packed with stats, historical evidence, and basic common sense to show how absurd it is to think the "gospels" have anything remotely true in them, especially in light of the fact that no one knows who the real authors were, they were written between 35 - nearly 100 years after his death, the authors wrote the books in a totally different language with limited understanding of the language used by Jesus and his followers, and these were obviously educated authors, unlike show more anyone with Jesus, and none of the authors were eyewitnesses to anything they wrote about, nor were they likely to even have known ANY eyewitnesses, they often magically explained what various characters were thinking or saying while alone with no witnesses, that these original disciples never wrote anything down recording Jesus's words, let alone he himself, because they were all illiterate so that no one could possibly know what, if anything, Jesus actually said and thus much of it to all of it is likely fiction, and most damning, while there were tons of independent historians alive and writing during the first 2-3 centuries CE, there is not one shred of independent evidence that Jesus of Nazareth ever lived! No one ever wrote of him, mentioned him or his amazing miracles that brought crowds of thousands, per the bible, to follow him, because the only mention of such things is in ... the bible and nowhere else, thus casting massive doubt on any of it. Indeed, there were a ton of messiahs and prophets running around declaring the coming end of the world, and even one named Jesus, all documented, none of him the one found in the bible. The amazing events written about in one of the gospels upon Jesus's death (Matthew?) such as two major earthquakes, the sun doing completely dark for hours, and the dead "saints" in Jerusalem rose out of their graves and proceeded into the city, for the heck of it? Zombie saints??? If such amazing things had actually occurred, there would be both scientific evidence of the earthquakes and the sun disappearing for hours, and likewise, many of the historians would have noted these events along with something as bizarre as jesus-following zombies, yet again, none of these are mentioned by ANY independent sources anywhere during the first one and a half centuries, and thus, these stories are utterly false and total BS. These are just a few examples of the fine work done by Fitzgerald in this book, which I think is more impressive than his previous work. Highly recommended -- especially for skeptics and those questioning the accuracy of the bible... show less

It’s called “the Event.” An unimaginable cataclysm in the 23rd century shatters 600 years of the Earth’s timeline into jumbled fragments. Our world is gone: instantly replaced by a new one made of shattered remnants of the past, present and future, all existing alongside one another in a nightmare patchwork of different time “shards”—some hundreds of miles long and others no more than a few feet across.

San Diego native Amber Richardson is stranded on a tiny fragment of 21st show more century Britain surrounded by a Pleistocene wilderness. She crosses paths with Cam, a young warrior of a tribe from Roman Brittania, and together they struggle to survive—only to be imprisoned by Cromwellian soldiers.

One of their captives is a man who Amber calls “Merlin, and who claims to be the 23rd century scientist responsible for the Event. Together they must escape and locate Merlin’s ship before the damage to the timeline is irreparable.

Out January 30, 2018

MY THOUGHTS:

I received this book in exchange for my honest review.

Oh. My. Goodness!

Fan-freakin-tastic!

This team of authors did a wonderful job, each applying their individual skills into the characters and plot to create a genuine work of art.

They’re bloody genius! The plot was definitive and strong, each twist and turn necessary to its success while the pace drove the story forward idealizing an innovative style of writing with pop-culture references, strong motivations and building tension that didn’t let up.

The world, the world, the world! So intricately pieced together in both a fascinating complexity, and a provocative paradox, the world these two created was bound seamlessly to the characters’ goals which were constantly being tested and driven to an exhilarating conclusion and succession. The characters were so intricately created, intertwined together out of necessity for the stories success, yet, perfectly faulted, flawed and bordered on the insane for what they were forced to endure. Each pivotal moment of their development was strife with struggle, angst and tension.

Although the book flashed through different times from past to present, this was done carefully and fleshed out to the tiniest detail. It has everything you want in a book like this and the only issue I had was when I turned the last page and the story was over.

If I could give a rating out of ten for technical set-up, I would give eleven stars… It was that good! There wasn’t anything I could find wrong with pace, plot, arc development, style, POVs, etc. Everything was done excellently!

I highly recommend this book to all. show less

The author (whom we know from Nailed) is referred to as a writer and historical researcher. The book is fascinating, but it does sometimes seem a little disorganized and it has long quotes from the academic workers in this field that can be distracting (you may ask yourself, why don't I just read Dr. Carrier?). For the same reason, I think this could have been published as one volume. Fitzgerald does do a nice job of summarizing a lot of work on this topic and presenting it in an easily show more digestible form. I think I may hold off on volumes II and III, since I was convinced long ago that Hercules was not a real person and that if someone starts telling you about a haunted house, the eyewitness will usually be their cousin's friend. show less