The charismatic leader of a Midwestern parish, Brian Sheridan is enlisted to uncover the truth about a man claiming to be Jesus Christ, a man who may be at the center of a global assassination plot. Reprint. AB. K.
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From Publishers Weekly
From recent novels, you'd think the Vatican was in the business of slaying souls, not saving them. Like Dan Cushman's Visitation (Forecasts, Jan. 18, 1995), this pseudonymous thriller?the 16th by the author but the first to be published under this pen name?depicts powers in Rome sending an assassin to deal with a troublesome problem. The problem here is a whopper: a man who claims to be "Jesus Returned," and who seems to be performing miracles, including a modified version of the fish and the loaves and a resurrection of the dead, to prove it. When word of the new Jesus begins to spread, the Vatican hires a Sicilian hit man to halt his rising popularity and to end his diatribes against church corruption. In the U.S., meanwhile, some Catholics employ Brian Sheridan, a religious scholar working in a New York bookstore while on sabbatical from the priesthood, to trace the origins of the mysterious messiah. Sheridan hooks up professionally, then romantically, with Marie Olivier, a freelance journalist; together, the two slowly uncover the conspiracy behind Jesus Returned. De Mers's storytelling is competent, but a proliferation of subplots diffuses some of the suspense, and credibility is strained to the breaking point not only by the overwrought scenes of Vatican intrigue but also by the nature of the conspiracy.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From Library Journal
A man claiming to be Jesus returned to Earth appears in Beaufort, Georgia, mesmerizing a local evangelist by performing miracles and displaying an uncanny knowledge of biblical history and archaic languages. Appearing on TV and at revival sessions with the good reverend, "Jesus Returned" lashes out against organized religion, specifically the Catholic Church, sending shock waves deep into Rome. His death is immediately ordered. Enter Brian Sheridan, who has taken a leave from the priesthood to reexamine his calling. He is charged by his mentor to use his clerical contacts to learn the truth about this amazing and suspicious man. With the aid of a lovely young journalist, Brian systematically uncovers the truth about "Jesus Returned," as two separate assassination plots threaten to wreck havoc upon modern Christianity, unleashing spiritual chaos. Sure to provoke controversy, this is a unique and highly suspenseful story written under a pseudonym by an obviously skilled and seasoned novelist. Clearly not for every community's fiction collection, it is nonetheless a taut and polished thriller.?Susan Clifford, Hughes Aircraft Co. Lib., Los Angeles
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
powerful action-packed thriller,
This review is from: The Return (Paperback)
In Beaufort, Georgia, Jesus Christ apparently has returned to the earth performing local miracles such as the return from the dead of the daughter of famous evangelist Don Bagley. Through global communications of the modern world and Bagley's sponsorship, his fame grows rather quickly. However, as Jesus becomes a fixture on TV, he lambastes the modern Catholic Church for its corruption.The Vatican decides not to check into whether this man is the real article or an incredible con artist. Instead, they hire a hit man to silence Jesus. At the same time as the Vatican puts in motion its assassination plot, Monsignor Harry Chifley engages disbelieving Wisconsin priest turned New York book store employee Brian Sheridan, an expert on the early days of the Church, to investigate this so-called Jesus. Writer Marie Olivier, who he met over a reflexology book in the store, accompanies him. As the two make inquiries into the contemporary Jesus, they are unaware of the threats from the Vatican and locally. The underlying concept of THE RETURN is brilliantly designed so that the audience must keep reading to determine whether Jesus is walking the twenty-first century earth. However, on the other hand, the myriad of subplots from the hysterical reaction of the Vatican to the romance between Father Brian and Marie take away from the basic theme. Still Joe de Mers has written a powerful action-packed thriller that will receive either praise from religious conspiracy buffs or the Rusdie reaction. Harriet Klausner
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Very entertaining for a bargain book.,
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Very entertaining throughout, an exciting read although it drags a bit in some places, but enjoyable nonetheless. It seems as if something like this could happen, people getting caught up in the reappearance of Christ without question.
4.0 out of 5 stars
entertaining throughout, exciting as well as plausable.,
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This review is from: The Return (Paperback)
This is a very good read for a bargain book, well written and very descriptive. Not religious but quite realistic. It did seem to drag in places but not enough to deter one from reading and enjoying.
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