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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 makes sense," Daniel said, "If it really is a testing of humanity it would have to be by someone who had never read the Book." 


Paul leaned against the wall of the shed and thought. 


"I think you're right," he said, "but I don't understand why. What is the purpose of making a child choose whether to eat or not eat from God's Tree."


"What if this is all about the Tree and the Garden?" Daniel said. "The serpentines got us out of the Garden by promising us the Book and a way to be sure that we didn't make God angry. It might not be the serpentines who bring the children to the Garden."


"So why are we here?" Paul said. "We could have asked a child and we'd be further ahead."


"I don't think so," Daniel said. "The old man said that it was once in a generation. I haven't heard about any games that talk about the Garden."


Chapter 39