Rick Macey is back. He's now married to Sheila Dunn - his client from Eternity Falls - and it seems like the biggest decision he'll have to make is when and where to take their honeymoon. All that changes when a murder in the Philippines draws him back to his best-forgotten past and a web of temptation, sins, and danger. The Tenth Crusader A Rick Macey Cyberthriller by Kirk Outerbridge Marcher Lord Press October 2010 Macey is tasked with solving the murder quickly and discretely so that talks between the Philippines and the Islamic Oceanic Alliance can continue unabated. Taking the case puts a possibly unbearable strain on his new marriage though, and when he decides to leave for Manila he does so without knowing if he will return a husband or a divorcee. In Manila, Macey joins with two local detectives in their hunt for the killer and struggles to determine if the killer is someone from his past - one that he regrets deeply but is non-the-less drawn to unerringly. To further complicate things, the murder may be a part of a terrorist plot by a religious group trying to stop the Philippines from joining the liberal IAO and the Unity Faith Movement, which is determined to merge all religions into one by outlawing the controversial, exclusionary beliefs of each. Neural net hacking, cybernetic implants and other future tech mesh seamlessly with religious dogma and conversation in what is easily one of the finest Christian speculative fiction titles available from the top Christian speculative fiction publisher, Marcher Lord Press. This isn't your average happy-go-lucky Christian fare where the heroes all win (or even survive), everyone falls in love with their soul mate, and each character becomes a better Christian. This is a gritty detective thriller, with death, realism, and failure by characters that should know better but sin anyway. God and faith aren't treated as get-out-of-jail-free plot points. For example, at one point Macey prays to God for help and there is no answer. But Macey continues on trusting God is with him, but like we do when we don't get an immediate, obvious answer to prayers. The book comes off as absolutely believable and relatable, even though set in a world that doesn't (yet) exist. Fans of science fiction and religion will love The Tenth Crusader and wait with not a little impatience until Outerbridge comes out with book three. A very satisfying science fiction and religious experience.