Serpent of Moses by Don Hoesel

I review books ofr 7 different publishers. I do not normally review fiction as i do not enjoy fiction. With that in mind, I will be easy on my review. This is not the first book in a series it is second and I would not have read this work if i had realized it was not a stand alone read as i do not like to commit my time to so much fiction. It read different from most fiction. The breath is not consistant. It does not have a steady rythmn. It read like an attempt to write a Mummy Returns novel. The writer chose to take a known fact, God tells us that the staff is no more --the writer decided to pretend that teh staff is still floating around. Thats where the author lost my support: dont play what-if with biblical facts. Babalon Falling, is a good biblical fiction story but this book, Serpent of Moses was not to my liking. If you have a young adult, and you want to get them thinking about the Bible, dont get this book. Buy a good fiction book that backs up the Bible, not one that makes a fact change: I can not get behind that. Yes, the author puts in mystery and archeology and his characters are not flat. But I did not like it. I thought Jack was boring, I thought it was a waste of effort and time. BUT - I also think a lot of people will like the book; I just wont endorse it because i dont like playing what if games with facts. So many things we dont know about; why didnt the author pick one of those topics? The writing style was also not upto par. I had a go back and reread a few pages. Maybe because I did not find it enjoyable. But I thought as I was reading that it was because I do not care for fiction. I gave this book 5 stars because I could see how someone else would enjoy it...I just do not enjoy fiction and I realize that might have been the problem. I received a free copy of this book from bethany House publishers in exchange for my review.