Author:
Alex McGilvery has been reading since before he can remember, and writing almost that long. He has published 18 books and is author and editor at his imprint Celticfrog Publishing. He lives in Kamloops with his dog and the stories clawing their way out of his head.

They've never gone on a quest. They've never done anything that wasn't in The Book.

God appears in Paul's kitchen during breakfast and sends Paul on a quest. The quest begins by taking the first person he meets as his companion. Daniel comes by to trade for vegetable and begins a Tuesday that ends with them on the road away from their home with only a Page from Paul's Book to guide them. Paul and Daniel learn very quickly that the world is bigger and stranger than anything they'd known before. Only as they starting succeeding in their quest do the friends realize they are fighting an ancient and powerful evil. If they win, their world will never be the same. If they lose, all hope of love and beauty may be lost.

Imagine that Adam and Eve not only refused to eat the forbidden fruit, but pestered God morning and night to tell them what to do so they would not displease God. Imagine they were given Books to follow so they would never anger God. Imagine if those Books were wrong.

They've never done anything that wasn't in The Book. This Tuesday, God sent them on a quest. Now, they’re learning that not everything is in The Book.

By the Book

It was chilly in the cell. Paul leaned his head back against the wall and let the coolness flow through him. They had poisoned him six times now and used stronger poison each time. Paul figured they wanted to know who had poisoned the Arch-Bishop, but he couldn't tell them. He didn't know.


He heard Father Thom over a cell or two. The Father was quiet now, but at first time he had addressed God with a constant petition to hear him and tell him how not to offend. It had jarred Paul's nerves, and he was certain that it was jarring to God as well. When Father Thom fell silent Paul was relieved.


As he sat in the dark, Paul realized there was something wrong with him. Ever since he had drained the Cauldron for God, nothing had touched him. He felt pain and cold, he even felt pity for Father Thom, but it didn't connect to anything. It didn't matter. The pain couldn't kill him, nor the cold, nor the pity.


Chapter 31