Revived

by Gary Martin

If life has taught Rose anything, it’s that she always needs to keep her guard up. She’s been left behind by a deadbeat father, bullied relentlessly in school, and forced to live a life of poverty. And just when it seems like things can’t get much worse, she begins drifting away from her best friend Todd, her only true confidant. After practicing mixed martial arts gives a boost to her health and confidence, Rose finally finds a reason to keep moving forward. But despite all of her success in the ring, she remains cold and cynical in her approach to dating, and it’s not long before she’s ready to give up on the idea of love altogether. When a lost bet results in Rose attending an unfamiliar church, she begins to understand the spiritual warfare happening behind the scenes in Hopetown—and for the first time, experiences the life-altering intervention of God’s love. But just when she can feel her former hopelessness begin to dissolve, a startling event changes everything Rose thought she knew. An inspirational tale of hope and redemption, Revived is a testament to the power of prayer—and the victory of love over the most powerful darkness.

392 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 2015

About the author

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 story of endurance, transformation—showing where true faith leads us on our journey.

Across the Great Divide, love and hope in the End Times, is a story I was given the night I finished writing a book for someone — fictionalizing parts of their life-story. I was about to fall asleep when I had a picture of a woman, blinded, isolated and battling to hold on to her faith in God during the last days.
It's a very fast paced story based around the End Times.

I'm currently working on another two books.