Young Adult Fiction

The Star Namer and the Unchosen is the sequel to Shepherd, Potter, Spy and the Star Namer.

In Aijalon Valley, an epic battle pitted the forces of a despicable king against the army that brought down the most powerful city of Canaan with a shout, literally. On battlefield clean-up duty, the seventeen-year-old son of the master potter rescues a wounded friend-- the expert archer of Jerusalem forced to serve in the tyrant's army. While Eskie helps his friend return home and rescues his father from the dungeon, he fights an inner battle between his father's faith and his own self-reliance. Along the way, he gathers an unlikely band of heroes including the son of a thief, a deaf sandal-maker and a lonely giant. And then there is Pickle Girl—a saucy young lady, named for a thorny bush that grows out of solid rock and whose pickled buds are a condiment for wild game. The fictional story of The Star Namer and the Unchosen suggests how the Jebusites took over Jerusalem and became the stronghold able to resist the efforts of both the men of Judah (Joshua 15:63) and the men of Benjamin (Judges 1:21).

Piercing the Veil allows the reader to glimpse beyond the veil of mortal reality and into the unseen spiritual realm all around us filled with angels and demons waring for the souls of men. The reader is challenged as an actual participant in an epic story to grow as a warrior in Faith who becomes wise to the tactics of the enemy.

Ben Stockton gets his first glimpse of the spiritual realm when he discovers an ancient mirror in his grandfather’s attic. This supernatural mirror becomes more than Ben’s friend and effectively guides Ben as he pierces the veil of reality to travel through time back to the time of Jesus Christ.

In this epic light hearted odyssey, Ben learns to engage in spiritual warfare, to act and take risks based only on faith, and to comprehend the importance of relationships, particularly relationships with God. Whether you are a ten year old or a grandparent, or somewhere in between, this book is for you. You will participate in the adventure right alongside Ben, and you will be constantly reminded of both the holiness and the playfulness of the character of God. Together, you as well as Ben Stockton will participate in the power of the Bible and in uncovering its basic precepts as a child of God.