Jamie Langston Turner
A GARDEN TO KEEP
(A Novel)
{Bethany House}
Just hours after trusting her soul to God, Elizabeth Landis receives a phone call that threatens everything dear to her. Caught between a faith that has barely taken root and bitterness at a terrible betrayal, Elizabeth feels her world coming apart. Never does God allow her to give up, though, in this powerful exploration of a marriage in crisis.
Other Finalists for Contemporary Novel 2002:
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David Ryan Long
EZEKIEL'S SHADOW
(A Novel)
{Bethany House}
Best-selling horror novelist Ian Merchant thought he’d buried his past when he accepted Christ. But now his dark literary legacy has come back to haunt him in a more frightening way than anything he created in his novels. Who is the ghostly figure that stalks him? Will Ian’s newfound faith be strong enough to prevail against the evil, betrayal, and greed that threaten to destroy him?
Other Finalists for First Novel 2002:
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John Olson & Randall Ingermanson
OXYGEN
(A Novel)
{Bethany House}
It’s the year 2012 and NASA is ready to explore Mars. One manned mission goes suspiciously wrong, though, leaving four astronauts on the brink of disaster. There’s only enough oxygen for one to remain awake, but whom can they trust—especially when one of them could be the saboteur. A gut-wrenching page-turner with grand spiritual pay-off.
Other Finalists for Futuristic Novel 2002:
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Jack Cavanaugh
WHILE MORTALS SLEEP
(Songs in the Night #1)
{Bethany House}
Josef Schumacher thinks himself a very ordinary German. But this young pastor will find his self-confidence and his faith challenged when forced to decide between following God’s word or being swept along by the rising tide of the Nazis. Opening a door into a world rarely seen, this is a story of courage and cowardice, hope and despair, hate and the love that can conquer all.
Other Finalists for International Historical Novel 2002:
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Lynn Austin
HIDDEN PLACES
(A Novel)
{Bethany House}
Widowed and with three children to support during the Depression, Eliza Wyatt prays for a miracle that will help her keep the family orchard running. God’s answer, though, is to send her a deathly ill vagabond and an elderly aunt with a few screws loose. They all try to pull together, but the secrets they hold could cost them everything in this gently profound story about the joys of family and home.
Other Finalists for North American Historical Novel 2002:
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Dee Henderson
THE GUARDIAN
(O'Malley Series #2)
{Multnomah}
Book Two in the popular O’MALLEY series brings back Marcus O’Malley in a tense investigative thriller. Marcus has a case to solve, an assassin to stop, and a lady to convince he’s right for her future. To do that he’s going to have to walk back into his own past and wrestle with the complex matter of prayer—he’s going to have to learn to trust again a sovereign God.
Other Finalists for Romance Novel 2002:
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T. Davis Bunn
DRUMMER IN THE DARK
(A Novel)
{WaterBrook}
Wynn Bryant receives a frightening initiation into the bare-knuckle world of global power. The multimillionaire-turned-congressman discovers he’s an unwitting pawn in a legislative struggle that could bring the U.S. economy to its knees. Confronted with the Christian faith he once rejected, will he escape the complex web of intrigue, international finance, and diabolical politics?
Other Finalists for Suspense Novel 2002:
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Stephen Bly
THE LONG TRAIL HOME
(Fortunes of the Black Hills #3)
{Broadman Holman}
For the Fortune family, the changes of war were drastic. The family drifted north to the Black Hills—all except Samuel, who headed for the Indian Territory that would one day be Oklahoma and settled in to a life of reprisal against any and all whom he felt had wronged him or his family. But the Holy Spirit never gives up on one of His own . . .nor does Brazos Fortune, Samuel’s father.
Other Finalists for Western Novel 2002:
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