Genesis 6:4...the Mystery, and the Novel

About the author - John grew up in the coastal area of Jacksonville, Florida, the older of two brothers. Graduating from Florida State University, he began his career in business with Procter & Gamble and later served as a ship officer with the U.S. Coast Guard, involved in rescues and law enforcement in the North Atlantic. Following his sea duty, John was hired as a writer by an advertising agency on St. Simons Island and eventually started his own creative agency, publishing and editing Challenge in Business magazine for Christian business leaders. The opportunity was taken to attend the Billy Graham School of Evangelism and he became active in the outreach of World Wide Pictures and with Campus Crusade for Christ. He later earned his Masters at Luther Rice University where he was introduced, during a week-long seminar by Dr. Henry Morris (co-author of The Genesis Flood) to the evidences for Biblical Creation. After research of the subject, John designed a mobile museum with which he traveled and shared evidences for the Genesis account and the worldwide flood along with other interesting discoveries in support of the Biblical record.

In 1992, with the opening of the Soviet Union to Christian missions, John and his wife, Gail, with their two-year-old son, departed to become missionaries to the former USSR, helping to equip nationals for ministry. As Academic Dean of the first “above-ground” Bible school, John was privileged to work with students who traveled from eleven time zones.

After three years, the training had become nationalized and John returned from Moscow with his family to Coastal Georgia. He has served as a pastor, and taught high-school biology and science courses. He remains active in missionary work and serves as a volunteer chaplain to truck drivers with Transport for Christ.

Culled from over five years of research, written and refined with editorial input from The Christian Writers Guild / Jerry Jenkins staff, this 254-page full-length novel offers a rewarding read in the fiction genre with its romantic action-filled narrative set in a uniquely beautiful but dark era of history. Explore the deep mysteries in which science, mythology and theology intertwine and with such creatures as the Nephilim, Behemoth, and Leviathan. Experience what it was like living with the early fathers whose ages approached the thousand-year mark. While true to the Genesis account, the book also gleans from other early historical records and fascinating archeological findings. A list of resources is included inside the back cover.

What might be learned from Enoch, the one who walked with God, or Lameck, whose name meant "conqueror"? This book presents a suspenseful adventure based upon Biblical truth - the inspired Word of God, the testimony of creation, the sanctity of life, the covenant of marriage, the power of blessing, the dangers of drugs and the occult, and the reality of spiritual warfare. But there is more - The Ninth Generation contains the classical elements of tragedy, separation, love and redemption. For the searching reader there is rich symbolism and subject-matter to launch interesting discussion. Comments from readers have been very positive with many expressing a desire to see the movie.