The Testament of Gideon MackA critical success on both sides of the Atlantic, this darkly imaginative novel from Scottish author James Robertson takes a tantalizing trip into the spiritual by way of a haunting paranormal mystery. When Reverend Gideon Mack, a good minister despite his atheism, tumbles into a deep ravine called the Black Jaws, he is presumed dead. Three days later, however, he emerges bruised but alive-and insistent that his rescuer was Satan himself. Against the background of an incredulous world, Mack's disturbing odyssey and the tortuous life that led to it create a mesmerizing meditation on faith, mortality, and the power of the unknown. |
Contents
Section 1 | 3 |
Section 2 | 25 |
Section 3 | 27 |
Section 4 | 29 |
Section 5 | 34 |
Section 6 | 39 |
Section 7 | 53 |
Section 8 | 91 |
Section 14 | 175 |
Section 15 | 195 |
Section 16 | 210 |
Section 17 | 224 |
Section 18 | 256 |
Section 19 | 311 |
Section 20 | 320 |
Section 21 | 326 |
Section 9 | 104 |
Section 10 | 122 |
Section 11 | 126 |
Section 12 | 145 |
Section 13 | 152 |
Section 22 | 330 |
Section 23 | 341 |
Section 24 | 344 |
Section 25 | 361 |
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