South Pacific Journal: A Novel

by David French, Nancy French

This gripping novel offers romance, adventure, and strong Christian principles blending historical fact with imaginative fiction, spanning over fifty years and thousands of miles giving readers a panoramic view of two people's roads to salvation.

217 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1999

About the author

A staff writer at National Review, an attorney (concentrating his practice in constitutional law and the law of armed conflict), and a veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom. He is the author or co-author of several books including, most recently, the No. 1 New York Times bestselling Rise of ISIS: A Threat We Can’t Ignore. He is a graduate of Harvard Law School, the past president of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE), and a former lecturer at Cornell Law School. He has served as a senior counsel for the American Center for Law and Justice and the Alliance Defending Freedom. David is a major in the United States Army Reserve (IRR). In 2007, he deployed to Iraq, serving in Diyala Province as Squadron Judge Advocate for the 2nd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, where he was awarded the Bronze Star. He lives and works in Columbia, Tennessee, with his wife, Nancy (who is also a New York Times bestselling author), and three children.

Reviews

[Heidi · Rating 3 out of 5]

Actual rating - 2.5
The storyline had a lot of potential, but we are left with lots of holes. Why did their parents tell Jacob his sister had died and vice versa? What happened when the parents discovered she was actually alive?
I was also very confused by the verb tenses, and some of the spiritual things in the book were kind of weird. Overall, the book had a lot of potential but I was disappointed in it.

[Kelly · Rating 2 out of 5]

It’s not terrible but it’s not great. Mediocre. It’s about finding God and the main character converts from Jew to Christian while serving as a diplomat in war-torn Manila. It doesn’t have a great ending, leaves the story so incomplete.