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Book Review Pro | Karen Pool
Book Review Pro | Karen Pool
Author : Charles Martin
Genre : Fiction
This is the first of three books about Murphy Shepherd by Charles Martin. This multi-layered story woven together with grace and redemption—Martin’s signature style—is about the importance of rescuing the one. Murphy Shepherd rescues young boys and girls who have been kidnapped and thrown into the world of sex slavery. The loss of his mentor stuns Murph into a stall of grief.
Then, amid geography lessons about the Intracoastal Waterway of Northern Florida, information about boats, and with the help from some unexpected friends, including a giant dog he pulls from the ocean and an ex-convict named Clay, Murph moves again into the dark and evil world of modern-day slavery and begins the healing process for himself at the same time. This is a story within a story, full of tension and sorrow, and leaving the ninety and nine to rescue the one.
“Tell me what you know about sheep”
“They tend to wander. They get lost often.”
“Why?”
“Because they can, and the grass is always greener.
They’re easy prey. The lion is never far. They seldom
find their way home.”
“So they need a shepherd.”
“What kind?”
“The kind who will leave the warmth of the fire and the
safety of the flock to risk the cold, the rain, and sleepless
nights . . .”
“To what?”
“To find the one.”
“Love is like water. Not matter how you cut it, slice it, beat it or blow it into ten trillion droplets, give it a few minutes and it will all come back together again. Like nothing ever happened. No scar. No shrapnel. Just one giant body of water. Clear. Clean. Cool. Love fills the empty places and flows from what was once the epicenter of the wound. And it’s the flowing that washes out the residue of the pain and makes us whole again. That’s the crazy miracle that is love. The more you pour out, the more you have to pour. I don’t understand it. I just know it’s true.”
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