{"product_id":"i-messenger-book-1-a-heavenly-mission-book-2-seeking-common-ground","title":"I, Messenger: Book 1: A Heavenly Mission \/ Book 2: Seeking Common Ground","description":"This new, two-part edition of I, Messenger extends the original novel’s aim to stretch the reader’s perspective on science and religion to the social and political issues that have created a great divide among the American people.\n\nBoth thought-provoking and disturbing, this expanded version of I, Messenger should appeal to those who are concerned about civility in public and private discourse, the preservation of American democracy, and the very future of the egoistic species called Homo sapiens.\n\nBook 1: A Heavenly Mission begins as Tom Reynolds, riding alone on a crisp December morning in the Shenandoah Valley of Central Virginia, suddenly and uncharacteristically curses. For the fifth time in as many rides, Tom’s iPhone had delivered the same anonymous message in a clear, emotionless voice—this time ironically following The Rolling Stones’ “Sympathy for the Devil.” The message simply said:\n\n“Dr. Reynolds, I’m a messenger from God. He has a mission for you. Please meet me at noon on Christmas Day in the videoconference room at your school. Come alone. More will be revealed.”\n\nWhether prank, hoax, or divinely inspired, the message sets Tom in search of the truth involving the origins of man, the mysteries of UFOs, questions of quantum physics, the nature of religious experience, and the search for meaning—or at least the meaning of search.\nNearly a decade later, in Book 2: Seeking Common Ground, Tom renews the quest in search of common ground in the face of additional fractures in a growing set of ideological debates, including climate change, race relations, abortion, gene editing, identity politics, and a potentially changing world order.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: B0CP1LGSL4\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.B0CP1LGSL4.VG\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Very Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Marks III, Russell J.\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Book has little sign of wear or use  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42698299375677,"sku":"BVV.B0CP1LGSL4.VG","price":10.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/B0CP1LGSL4-0.jpg?v=1762635510","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/i-messenger-book-1-a-heavenly-mission-book-2-seeking-common-ground","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}