The Eighth Scroll

By Laurence B. Brown

Book Overview

Mysterious, revealing and prophetic, this historically relevant modern thriller explores religious authority while providing a wild ride of international intrigue and danger. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1419673238
• ISBN13: 9781419673238
• Release Date: February 2008
• Publisher: Booksurge Publishing
• Length: 332 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.2" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

A truely factual fiction

The Eighth Scroll is a factual fiction, based on true accounts, presents factual information in a way that reads like a novel: a combination of storytelling and reporting. Intellectually challenging. Discusses Faith on a logical base. Connects dots or simply raises a fundamental point. I was fascinated by the style, enormous and rich information. You will be certain the author had actually travelled and studied history , culture and scriptures. It is rather a scientific research review than a novel. I dug on wikipedia a lot - and still!. Definitely a 5 star recommendation.

Probably the best novel I've ever read...

At first I thought perhaps my fascination with and enjoyment of The Eighth Scroll was prejudiced by my recent immersion into Lawrence Brown's captivating style when I read his non-fiction books Misgod-ed and God-ed. After finishing Dr. Brown's first novel (anxiously awaiting more...), I read a New York Times Best Seller in a similar genre by a widely acclaimed author who has seen several of his novels made into popular action movies, and was somewhat surprised to discover it paled in comparison to the intrigue, character development, plot consistency and credibility, and... yes, writing style that I enjoyed in The Eighth Scroll. Then, while being entertained, I was also learning, as Dr. Brown weaves some very interesting historical facts into his fictional story. The plot centers around a purported Dead Sea scroll, the contents of which would provide conclusive support to other extant evidence that undermines commonly espoused but controversial versions of the life and mission of Jesus Christ. A surprising collection of individuals and groups would, and do, kill to gain control of the scroll, and the reader is kept on edge as the plot develops to its exciting climax. Speaking of which, it is also very refreshing to know there is an author who can include romance in his works without feeling compelled to appeal to assumedly deprived readers' desire for graphic descriptions of certain acts and anatomy. This book is exciting, entertaining, and laugh-out-loud funny throughout... and even if read only for those reasons, I truly believe that, as I did, all readers will discover they continue to think about it long after turning the last page.

Better than The Davinci Code

I watched The Davinci Code and I found it enjoyable and captivating with a twist that challenged to core of Christianity; however, the Eight Scroll was even more captivating with completely unsuspected twists and turns. I do not normally read novels, but the Eight Scroll was thoroughly enjoyable. The challenge to Christianity revealed in the analysis of the scroll was also much more significant than whether or not the "Holy Grail" is a goblet from the Last Supper or Jesus' bloodline. I highly recommend this book to anyone who likes thriller/mysteries!

Fun read that is also intellectually stimulating

It is refreshing to read a fiction that is fast paced and kept me on the edge. I enjoyed the Eighth Scroll very much and look forward to more fiction books from Dr. Brown