title: The Galilean Secret: A Novel
author: Evan Drake Howard
description: Since Dan Brown's bestselling <i>The Da Vinci Code</i>, readers have been fascinated with the mysterious relationship between Jesus Christ and Mary Magdalene. Howard, a Rhode Island pastor, offers a fascinating and unique interpretation, setting out a path to realizing the feminine and masculine divine within every soul. The story, essentially a reworking of Howard's 2007 self-published novel <i>The Lost Epistle of Jesus</i>, switches back and forth between two plots, one in the present day and the other in first-century Jerusalem. Karim, a young Palestinian, tries to escape his jihadist father, leader of the Palestinian Patriotic Alliance, and stumbles upon a buried relic. His discovery takes him on a high-stakes adventure to bring the relic's contents to the world. Simultaneously, we read of Judith, a young Jew of the ancient world, who becomes involved with anti-Roman zealots, the radical rabbi Jesus, and his companion Mary Magdalene. Both stories progress toward the same conclusiona search for Jesus' deepest and as yet unrealized truth that will bring peace and love to all who can truly understand its worth. <i>(May)</i> <br />Copyright  Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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  **THE GALILEAN SECRET**
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  All Rights Reserved © 2010 by Evan Howard
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  or by any means, graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  photocopying, recording, taping, or by any information storage
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  or retrieval system, without the written permission of the publisher.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Published by Evan Howard
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Originally published by Guideposts, New York, NY
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  I owe my deepest thanks to many people who made the publication of this novel
  possible. To the incomparable Robert Gottlieb, chairman of Trident Media
  Group, and to his entire E-book Operations team, especially Mark Gottlieb,
  Adrienne Lombardo, and Lyuba DiFalco; and to Linda Cunningham, David