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I've spend the last ten years living in Auckland city and working my dream job out in rural West Auckland, servicing the lines that run through the Waitakere Ranges and along the West Coast beaches, as a network engineer Only when I had a year off for eye surgery did I begin to write. Last year as I recovered, I wrote a devotional and three books.

My books are biblically based and centered on glorifying God and provoking thought regarding faith, eternal realities and hope in Christ.

Hike to Heaven is a deeply personal book, where I fictionalized many experiences I've had as a Christian. I wanted to write a story that is both inspiring, informative and entertaining, in the style of Pilgrim's Progress and other old Christian Fiction. It's a st ...more

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Hi Gary. Loved your first two books and just wanted to congratulate you on the release of your third book, Revived. I've just downloaded the sample and will be starting the full book as soon as I finish the new Wm Paul Young book, Eve. Love & blessings. Jamie ... Oh, and my question is why has it taken so long? :-)

Gary Martin Hi. I'm glad you liked the first two books. Createspace has almost finished reformatting and preparing Revived as a paperback and we'll release the ne…moreHi. I'm glad you liked the first two books. Createspace has almost finished reformatting and preparing Revived as a paperback and we'll release the new version [updated cover and a few word changes for the US market] in the next week.

I tend to keep pretty busy with working full time [up to 60 + hours per week as an engineer] as well as doing ministry and music as well as helping out with worship at my previous church.
Revived was also a huge battle and a bigger and more challenging book to write. I wanted to include a spiritual warfare scene and an idea from proverbs into a novel for quite a while, as well as the internal temptations and experiences of several of the characters. The research time for this as well as looking at MMA, prayer, studying the cross and a key doctrine that many don't believe or place much value upon and introducing these elements into the story took a lot of work and planning. [The study of the cross and understanding the trinity and the part they played in redemption took months and months for a few paragraphs in one chapter . . . but at least It is theologically correct!]

I hope you enjoy the book. I'm also working my way through 'Eve' at the moment.
I found 'Revived' was a life-changing book for me and challenged me about my relationship with God and my faith in his power and eternal purposes. If the book does well I have at least three other books that can flow out of that story. Time will tell.
God bless,
Gary.(less)

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Gary Martin I'm just finishing my third Christian novel.
I always include stories from my own experiences in my books. My latest book incorporates romance, addict…moreI'm just finishing my third Christian novel.
I always include stories from my own experiences in my books. My latest book incorporates romance, addiction and tragedy with prayer and the glory of God. One of the main characters experiences a conversion similar to my own, though mine was far for dramatic.
This book has been a real battle to finish and based on the spiritual warfare focus of the book, I guess I shouldn't be surprised. I believe this book will inspire and encourage a lot of people.
It should be ready for release around the end of June.(less)

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