Title: Pilgrims
Author: Michael R. Leonard
Date: 2024
Publisher: Blue Castle
ISBN: 979-8-9910-1562-2
Quote: "The robot spoke Latin, Austin. The news said they're having trouble finding somebody who can interpret spoken Latin."
Aliens have invaded the Earth...to join our Catholic Church? Can a prep school Latin teacher save the world? Does the Earth, in fact, need saving? From what? When General Ferguson and Father Ambrose each tell the teacher, Austin DeSantis, to distrust the other, which one should he distrust?
This is Christian speculative fiction; Austin will evolve from an unbelieving cultural Catholic into a sincere one as the plot progresses. Leonard stops short of saying that Catholicism is the best kind of Christianity--the Catholic aliens are fallible mortals too, although their lifespans are longer than humans'--but definitely affirms that Christianity is a real, living, transforming faith.
If you think an affirmation of faith belongs at the core of a terse, action-packed novel with a considerable amount of violence, Pilgrims is for you.
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