What happens when you match a bestseller novelist with his gifted filmmaker son? You get the unique blend that produced "The Chosen" film series and its tagalong novels. With a huge following for his mystery/action novels, Jenkins tackled the challenges of an auxiliary product to "The Chosen" movies with a style that includes more back-story pauses but still enough dialogue and action to keep you turning pages. A good, fast read, as are all of Jenkins' novels. And a wise marketing move. You can't easily tuck a film or video into your vacation luggage (or your bedside table) but there's always room for a book. And not just "a book," but one that gives cinema-drama to the timeless Bible history accounts about Jesus and His times.