Messiah

The time has come.

This is the feel-good novel you’ve been wanting to read to raise your spirits in a world where war seems ever-present and the news is always dark.

A man is found by Peggy, a retired librarian, while walking her dog on the beach at the sleepy town of Frinton-on-sea in Essex. He is dressed only in a loincloth and cannot remember his name or why he is there. Peggy takes him in and then the adventure starts!

Gradually, his memory starts to come back. He says to call him Joshua – nothing remarkable about that, but then the miracles start. Think loaves and fishes brought up to the present day. He can cure ailments too, just as Jesus had cured lepers in the past. He cuts himself on a breadknife and heals instantly. He shows the signs of the stigmata on his palms. The pieces of the jigsaw are starting to fit in their appointed places.

On a trip to Colchester to get him kitted out, he sees the castle – another memory comes back. He was once Merlin. He’d forged Excalibur and guided Arthur in his search for the grail. He’d been Muhammad too, Buddha also. And so his list of resurrections grew. Each time the end to war failed. This was the last chance for the planet. The time has come.

Joshua showed his power by ‘miracles’ in Jerusalem, Washington and Moscow. Still the nations of the world resisted his calls for peace. North Korea was next, then Palestine and Israel. Only the pure in heart can survive.

Every nation wanted Joseph for his power. And if they couldn’t have him, then no one should. Joshua becomes a target for the security forces around the world.

In an ultimate test of his powers, he faces the only one who can challenge him – the Antichrist. The world depended on the outcome. Life without war or Armageddon? Who will decide the future of our world? And can Peggy play her predestined part?