Peter and Paul

Peter and Paul is a natural sequel to the Inhousepress best selling historical novel Yeshûa—Personal Memoir of the Missing Years of Jesus. The novel describes the dire situation in which early Christians lived, in constant fear for their lives.

The two journeys, which Peter and Paul took, illustrate the contrasting views of the essence of the scriptural teaching, each necessary for the fulfillment of its intent. The lives of the two apostles show that there are many ways to the Kingdom of Heaven.

Essentially, the paths that Peter and Paul had taken affirm choices made by “the many (that are called) and the few (that are chosen)”. This diametric division exists to this day.

The book also includes notes on preliminary research, which the author did to arrive at his conclusions. They are contained in his blog.

5 Star reviews:

Tears, admiration, on occasion laughter, they all touched me as I followed the struggles which Peter and Paul went through. What an incredible world it must have been. Life was cheap, money and power seemed to rule all, even as today. Yet, those two men had something that no one seems to have today: an unshaken and unshakable faith in the Master they followed.

Stan Law paints the past with a deft hand. I felt as though he took me back to the day when Christianity was no more than a Jewish sect. Fascinating and, often, scary story. (Hanna K. Loda, Dec. 03, 2012)

In addition to enjoying the book very much, I am particularly grateful for the blog, which Mr. Law included at the end of his novel. I found it most enlightening to learn how an author’s mind works. It seems that one must really enter the reality of the story one is telling, rather like the Method actor becomes immersed in his part.

Having said that, the results are as impressive as in his previous novel, Yeshûa—Personal Memoir, which I still look at periodically. Peter and Paul really is a great sequel, and the final chapters absolutely breathtaking. (Sylvester Drake, Canada. Nov. 29, 2012)

“Peter and Paul” is a great book. The notes the author made during his research allowed me to peek into his mind. An utterly unique idea, which helped me, even after the fact, to understand the novel better. Thanks for the novel and special thanks for the notes. Most enlightening. (M. Clark, Nov. 27, 2012)

I am still amazed how Stan Law managed to unfold history before my eyes. Love, hate, murder, mystery, tension, philosophy and metaphysics are all mixed in a cauldron of a fast paced novel that kept me reading into the early hours. The characters are as real: strong yet with human weaknesses; very human, yet rising head and shoulders above the others. (Barbara Woolfe, Montreal)

An extraordinary book, a worthy successor to his Yeshûa—Personal Memoir of the Missing Years of Jesus. (Adam Kerry, Nov. 2012)

What I find interesting about this book is that, although it is about preachers, the book itself is in no way preaching. It strikes me as a serious attempt to present the incredible difficulties that the early Christians faced to aver the “Good News”. Both characters, Peter and Paul, are very real, endowed with great talents but also with foibles of ordinary men. This is a book that all Christians should read, and non-Christians would enjoy a novel that, in spite of its metaphysical content, reads like a thriller! (Bohdan Czytelnik, Poland)

Since I read Law’s Yeshûa, I wondered how would it be possible to spread the biblical teaching. The complexities of the international relations of that day must have multiplied the difficulties, which the protagonists had to face.

And yet, Stan Law created a reality in which Peter, Paul, and finally Nero, had to face almost insurmountable difficulties. It is a masterly novel of psychological diversity. (Jo Steinman)