As you look back at your own history and perhaps that of your family, you see the Hand at work which makes you possible, steers the paths and contents of legacies, writes and rewrites lives and destinies. Perhaps it’s the evolutionary character of life which makes novels so appealing.

And novels are often object lessons in print, helping us to explain ourselves by illustrating things we wish were true – and things we wish were not true – on balance making a pretty picture of the beautiful creations we truly are.

Merchant’s Mine began as a whim granted by the Holy Spirit, written by Him and dictated to me as a scribe. (Hence the Nom de Plume “Robert Scribe.”) He granted my lifelong and suppressed wish to be a writer and write a book, by causing me to write not one, but five books in one year. No book plan, no outline, we just sat and wrote it out. Then came books 6 and 7, delayed by life events as I pursued another lifelong dream (which had been more subconscious, a purpose stated by the Lord to Himself and eventually to me), to become a minister of an old white church on a hillside (see Book 7).

The fifth book, “Bloodline” (which is now Book 1 instead of book 5), told all the things in the background (from 1700s England to the present day), and brought into focus the causes and effects of the things in the original Books 1 through 4. It’s the product of stuff I wanted to say that needed to be said.

In 2025 I had a need to quickly produce a novel (it’s a short book but there’s a long story behind it). So, “quick, fast, and in a hurry” I wrote the Novella “Shalom,” which brings the Merchant’s Mine series to a close.

Mysteries of the dangerous kind bring us to turning pages and reading at a breathless pace. Reuben Temple and Shira Rosen, retired from the Mossad and living in Tennessee, are pulled from the peace of their retreat from the dangerous world of terrorism and spies, and thrust back into the dangerous and bloody war of good against evil.

Reuben Temple is a former Israeli Mossad agent who settled in the U.S., hoping to enjoy a quiet retirement. Trouble finds him as quickly as does the retired woman who has loved him for many years (Shira Rosen). Evil takes the form of a demon named “Legion,” whose attacks bring Reuben and Shira out of retirement with lethal effectiveness.

RECALLED: Reuben Temple was happily retired from the Israeli Mossad, a naturalized American Citizen, and hiding (he thought) in the mountains of Eastern Tennessee. Trouble finds him, almost as easily as the woman who has wanted him for years. In short order, Israel needs him again – but so does the sleepy town where he’s living. This novel will race your heart and blush your face while it captures your mind.

TARGETS: A furious and thoroughly evil billionaire goes on a rampage. Baffling the Mossad and other intelligence agencies, he designates and kills many targets by proxy and by telepathy. But for his primary targets, he chooses to do the deed in person. His primary targets are Reuben Temple and Shira Rosen. This story includes action at sea in the Caribbean, several mysterious murders, and the appearance of a 160-pound wolf who adopts Reuben and Shira.