A Form of Godliness

by Shane Johnson

Experience the Nightmare of a Perfect World

Welcome to where every school child is completely healthy; where an all-embracing church speaks only of unconditional love and acceptance; where diseases once thought beyond reach have been conquered; and where those who have lost loved ones receive soothing messages of hope.

Yet beneath the surface of this seeming utopia lies a horrifying darkness.

In a world long since reshaped in the wake of 9/11, Matthew Bridger, president of the United States, Bryson Lawe, a Secret Service agent, and Karen Foley, a Christian activist must face the atrocity the American dream has become. Life has lost its value, deception is epidemic, and in a nation of more than three million square miles, there is no room for God.

As a Russian oil embargo jeopardizes American petroleum reserves, a massive terrorist strike forces the United States to withdraw its support of Israel. Finally given their long-awaited opening, enemies of the Jewish state attack, igniting a war that threatens to sweep the globe. Amid the escalating chaos, Bridger, Lawe and Foley race to uncover the truths that will secure their survival–and that of America itself.

402 pages, Paperback

Published September 21, 2004

About the author

Shane Johnson is an American author best known for the novel Ice.

He has written several critically acclaimed and award-winning books, as well as reference books for the Star Trek and Star Wars franchises.

Reviews

[Barbara · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was a very interesting look at politics, sticking to moral principles no matter what the cost, spiritual warfare, and where political correctness could lead humanity. The end of the book is especially tense and suspenseful.

[Gene · Rating 5 out of 5]

Johnson's best! Addresses modern issues and the ancient desire of the heart of God. Don't condone what God condemns

[Taryn Spearey · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was awesome! There is a lot of political talk. There is also a young teenage mother who gets sucked up into Sacred Child, an organization that takes children and kills them.

I didn't like Sacred Child at all. There were very evil. I loved how Karen took on Melissa and became kind of like a mother figure to her. Even Karen boyfriend, Bry, fell in love with Melissa. Melissa had given her son, Joseph, to the organization, and she felt bad about it a lot.

Alk in all, 5 stars.

[Jaclyn · Rating 5 out of 5]

Deftinely a page turner !!

[Keryn · Rating 3 out of 5]

I was surprised to enjoy this book as I am not a science-fiction fan, but the storyline looked compelling and it turned out to be quite riveting as well as written with a fair amount of sensitivity, though at times I found it a little tedious. Today's global political, environmental and economic situation is eerily close to the futuristic situation of the book which was written in 2004, though with extreme versions of the nuclear and ethical aspects we live with today. Definitely worth the read if you enjoy scenario-planning. The Author's note mentions that the wounds of Nine-Eleven were still fresh when the draft of the novel was written in 2002/3, and Johnson goes on to say: 'The extreme events described in this novel were chosen and structured to create a plausible, fictitious portrayal of future struggles in the conflict forced upon us."

[Melissa Adams]

Wonderful Book!!! Realized at the end that this is actually the first in a series (kind of similar to the left behind series)

[Carolyn · Rating 4 out of 5]

Gripping!!!