Genesius

By Donna Lee Davis

Most successful fiction about early Christianity--such as Ben Hur: A Tale of the Christ by Lew Wallace (1880), Quo Vadis by Henryk Sienklewicz (1897), The Robe by Lloyd C. Douglas (1942) and The Silver Chalice by Thomas Costain (1953)--is set in or very close to the lifetime of Jesus.
Genesius takes place at the time of the last great Roman persecution of Christians. It is the first-person account of a little known saint anxious to tell his own story. "I am myth, I am man, I am martyr," he begins. "I am all of these, or I am none." Here Saint Genesius of Rome, also known as the Actor, is given a backstory to explain his martyrdom, a personality-- arrogant, funny, lusty, conniving--and a life, far too short but oh so very memorable. Genesius: An imaginative tale, a glimpse of Christian history, a benediction.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1098390520
• ISBN13: 9781098390525
• Release Date: October 2021
• Publisher: Bookbaby
• Length: 116 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.9" x 8.9"