Books by Robert

What if Americans were the terrorists, and a more civilized superpower found it necessary to put us down? What if contemporary Christian ministers preached salvation through murder of non-believing foreigners, and the US government recruited child suicide-assassins for this purpose? If you were an American living in such a crazed society, what would you do? If you were a civilized outsider, how would you deal with these insane savages?The Holy Land poses such predicaments, and more. In an attempt to save the Minervans from oppression in the central galaxy, the liberal Western Galactic Empire has relocated the sect to their ancient homeland of Kennewick, Washington. The fundamentalist fanatics ruling the USA find the presence of pagans in the holy city intolerable, however, and they launch an interstellar campaign of mass destruction in protest. Now, cast in a universe gone mad, the primitive Earthling POW Sergeant Hamilton and his case officer, the sophisticated Minervan priestess (3rd class) Aurora, must find the way out, or neither side will survive. In this madcap role-reversed science-fiction satire on the Mideast crisis and the War on Terrorism, the gloves come off. Written with wit and verve by Heinlein Award winner Robert Zubrin, the author of The Case for Mars, Entering Space, and First Landing, The Holy Land takes science fiction back to its Swiftian roots. Rarely since Czech humanist Karel Capek aimed his 1936 War with the Newts at fascism and appeasement has the medium been mobilized to such pointed effect."A satiric tour de force" - School Library Journal"The duplicity, mendacity, and hypocrisy that characterize the present predicament in the Middle East are laid bare in Zubrin's engaing romp, with verve and biting wit." - National Review Online"Nothing is spared from Zubrin's satiric pen: religion, politics, economics, sex, war, psychology, philosophy - all are the objects of his barbs....The Holy Land is a surprisingly fine follow-up to Zubrin's other fictional and non-fiction works." - The Rocky Mountain News"It's a hoot." - The San Diego Union-Tribune.

Please see the book's website at http://demonwitch.com --- In childhood, they are the closest of friends. In a moment of peril, each offers up her life for the other. But each girl is faced with a choice between good and evil. They choose differently. Her husband abducted by pirates for bloodsport, the demonwitch rescues him by sorcery. But will he still love her? Escaping betrothal to a man she loathes, the priestess discovers that she is in love, a forbidden love, with the witch's husband. Can she overcome her impure motives before they lower her, too, into the black abyss of witchcraft? Then, unexpectedly, the women, and the two men, must confront a common enemy, whom they can conquer, but only if they can refrain from destroying each other first. Witch and warrior, priestess and bandit, the uneasy alliance will test each character to the core of their souls.

In Eternity Realized: A Guide to the Thoughtful, Philip guides the reader to the borders of Immanuel's land. Too often, Christians neglect the practice of being heavenly minded. Philip reminds us of our duty to meditate on heaven and the danger we place our soul in when we disregard this task. Yet, more than just pointing out a mere duty, Philip places key aspects of the Christian life in the light of eternity and gives practical helps in cultivating a delight in heavenly things. Read, ponder, and experience how developing the habit of realizing the eternal world to come will help you keep this world in its proper place.