David Hagberg - New York Times bestselling author of "The Expediter"

Someone handed me a copy of the ARC during the Florida Mystery convention in Lido Beach in June.  I set the book aside, because these sorts of stories generally do not interest me.  (I'm a long time agnostic.)

At any rate, faced with tossing the thing away--something I'm not able to do-- I figured I'd read the first page or so, to see how these religious-based books were written.

Robert Cornuke's new novel The Pravada Messenger is simply a stunning read. The notion is on the surface fanciful, but believable because the characters are so finely drawn.  By the end of the first page I was completely hooked.  Even lost a night's sleep reading.  My storytelling hat is definitely off.  Bravo, job well done!

David Hagberg
New York Times bestselling author of The Expediter