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Cross Current
Cross Current moves from the scientific to the spiritual, from the rational to the unexplainable. This is a story of fear, and the faith to overcome it.
Witnessing visions, a minister in a small southern town is seized by a mysterious disease. Joshua McDavid is a devout and powerful preacher, but there are unanswered questions in his past, and doubtful answers in his future. The faces he sees and the voices he hears are interpreted as hallucinatory, and he is sent to the finest clinic in the country for treatment.
But tests and medication cannot overcome McDavid’s belief that his illness has religious significance. The woman who loves him sets off to investigate Joshua’s past, to find if the disease might be divinely or genetically inspired.
Searching McDavid’s genealogy she journey’s through the American South, to Rome, and finally to Israel before answers begin revealing themselves. She follows his family back through seventeen generations and uncovers the horrible truth behind the series of generational suicides. But, as she discovers, even the solution to this puzzle may not save Joshua McDavid from himself or from the vicious infighting of the clinic staff.
Witnessing visions, a minister in a small southern town is seized by a mysterious disease. Joshua McDavid is a devout and powerful preacher, but there are unanswered questions in his past, and doubtful answers in his future. The faces he sees and the voices he hears are interpreted as hallucinatory, and he is sent to the finest clinic in the country for treatment.
But tests and medication cannot overcome McDavid’s belief that his illness has religious significance. The woman who loves him sets off to investigate Joshua’s past, to find if the disease might be divinely or genetically inspired.
Searching McDavid’s genealogy she journey’s through the American South, to Rome, and finally to Israel before answers begin revealing themselves. She follows his family back through seventeen generations and uncovers the horrible truth behind the series of generational suicides. But, as she discovers, even the solution to this puzzle may not save Joshua McDavid from himself or from the vicious infighting of the clinic staff.
299 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 1979
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About the author
C. Terry Cline Jr.
14 books5 followersC. Terry Cline Jr. had an extensive career, producing works that included a number of suspense novels, a children’s play and an unconventional late project titled “The Return of Edgar Cayce,” which he presented as a channeled communication from the spirit of the early 20th-century psychic.
C. Terry Cline was born in Birmingham, Alabama, "on a train going out," he always said, because his family moved often during his youth. He was married to author, Judith Richards. They lived in Fairhope, Alabama.
C. Terry Cline was born in Birmingham, Alabama, "on a train going out," he always said, because his family moved often during his youth. He was married to author, Judith Richards. They lived in Fairhope, Alabama.
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August 21, 2012
I read this book because I was looking for another book I had read a long time ago. The strange thing is they have som much in common yet I'm sure this is a different book. The fairly specific Biblical connection is the same, but the book I remembered was narrated by the central character and there are some other plot differences.
Quite enjoyable read!
Quite enjoyable read!
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