Product Review

KFUO radio’s “BookTalk”: Ray Keating is a “great novelist.”

Warrior Monk: A Pastor Stephen Grant Novel made “The top 10 self-published books to cross WORLD's desk this year.” WORLD magazine (June 29, 2013, issue) looked at more than 100 titles and then came up with a “final list of 10 that display clear writing and storytelling.” On Warrior Monk, WORLD declared: “The ‘warrior monk’ in question is an ex-CIA agent who settled into life as a … Lutheran pastor, saving lives and taking care of bad guys (who get saved)."

Warrior Monk revolves around a former CIA assassin, Stephen Grant, who has lived a far different, relatively quiet life as a parish pastor in recent years. However, a shooting at his church, a historic papal proposal, and threats to the Pope's life mean that Grant's former and current lives collide. Grant must tap the varied skills learned as a government agent, a theologian and a pastor not only to protect the Pope, but also to feel his way through a minefield of personal challenges.