A Mystery/Crime novel titled “A Gatored Community”, written as a collaboration between the writer Andalib Marx and myself William D’Andrea, has just been published, and is available at lulu.com
The story concerns global warming, which has raised the sea level 30 feet, and people live in floating communities that rise and fall with the tides.
In the floating community of Shellfish Shoals, a gang of thieves breaks into a local oyster farm, where cultured pearls are produced, and an alligator is used for security. The owner of the pearl farm is a committed Christian. He becomes involved with a woman who's a member of the gang. He eventually helps her find salvation, but not without great pain and suffering on both his and her part.
The plot also involves “Social Justice” advocates, who bring animal rights protesters to Shellfish Shoals. They regard the people of Shellfish Shoals as “Benighted rubes and yahoos.” They claim that Ted is “torturing” the oysters at his pearl farm, and are threatening to “collapse the facility.”
This is first of all an adventure story, addressed to the general reader, and not to a specifically Christian readership. The salvation of the woman pearl thief is just part of the story, but it is a significant part. The Lord is also present in the story, but not in any miraculous way. The natural order of things is not interupted in the course of the narrative.
As I said, this book is available for purchase and can be found by logging on to the following:
http://lulu.com/product/paperback/a-...unity/17813947