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When the Nazarene was executed for crimes against church and state, one man was ultimately held responsible for bringing him to “justice.” But history would see those events differently and Judas Iscariot’s name would become despised and defiled—he would be remembered as the greatest villain of the last two thousand years.
In his unforgettable new novel Judas the Gentile, author D.S. Lliteras vividly brings to life the tumultuous and brutal beginnings of Christianity. He continues a world of political and religious intrigue that he began with The Thieves of Golgotha, now recreating the last day of Judas Iscariot, the disciple who betrayed Jesus. Lliteras weaves a tale as old as Christianity, artfully navigating two thousand years of myth to reveal Judas the man, reduced to the most basic and base elements that exist in all of us. As Judas confronts his own destiny and the suffering brought about by his actions, he tries to find understanding and acceptance in a universe that no longer tolerates him. Lliteras infuses his subjects with the vivid realism that his readers expect from this exceptional author who explores the nature of man and his spirituality. Lliteras continues his study of the climatic moment of Christianity’s birth and how history’s leading figures struggle to understand their role in this drama of choice and destiny.
Lliteras is the author of five published books. His volume of poetry, In A Warrior’s Romance, and his three previous novels, In the Heart of Things, Into the Ashes, and Half Hidden by Twilight, have received national and international acclaim. His novel The Thieves of Golgotha, released in 1998, is a daring departure in form, content, and style from his previous works and was a “recommended title” by Library Journal. Judas the Gentile continues this intense style as he explores one man’s search for redemption and meaning.
5˝ x 7, hardcover, ISBN 1-57174-144-5, $19.95, 221 pages, August 1999