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What would it be like to have a God who doesn't care about rules and is purely interested in one thing; the love and preservation of his own creation?
Jim Gudsen is just a regular guy, newly returned from the killing fields of Vietnam - cynical about life in general and religion in particular. His older brother Herkimer is different - always has been. Jim is about to find out just how different. A Lutheran minister, Herkimer is defrocked by his Church for his refusal to expel a gay couple from his conservative congregation. In the process of reevaluating his beliefs, Gudsen claims that God has spoken directly to him, and told him he must "Gather the Twelve" - and do so before his wife Megan succumbs to the ravages of cancer. Jim is cynical at first, but he is willing to try anything to save his beloved sister-in-law, and as events proceed, Jim's understanding of the world is radically changed.
The brothers are aided in their search by a college professor who is convinced that the key to unraveling the mystery of the Twelve is the ancient Greek myth of the Labors of Hercules. In a process of discovery like no other, the brothers find their lost father, a sister immersed in the seedy underworld of porn, a former pro football player turned drug addict, and others who will
help them build a church of lost souls - an ecumenical church like no other.
About the Author
 DAVID TURRILL is a writer, teacher and theater director. He lives on a farm in Rockford, Michigan. He has two children and three grandchildren. His wife died suddenly in 1996. He is also the author of Michilimackinac and A Bridge to Eden.
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