The Book of John - Paperback

by Robert Dean Anderson (Author)

The story of Boone, a sixteen-year-old father. The frivolous mother, prohibited by her religious parents to obtain an abortion, places the baby for adoption. Boone impulsively kidnaps his son before realizing the jeopardy of his action. A wounded activist veteran befriends them and draws them into a violent confrontation with police. A priest and a young learning attorney bring both help and obstacles to Boone's life and his objective to raise his son John. He is left with little option to be a father to Baby John. Two children are missing.Two parents, beset with personal disorders and distraught over their inability to communicate, struggle to correct a situation out of their hands. Another couple obsessed with control and social stature seek total dominance over lives not their own. A man of the cloth extends a helping hand and a promise of faith; a broken warrior offers friendship while striving to distance himself from demons of his past. A dedicated young woman attorney employs hard-earned skills on behalf of the missing two children, one a father, the other his son. But if justice is not found within parental endeavor, in houses of worship nor in halls of jurisprudence, then true justice can be achieved in only one place. True love.

Author Biography

The author of nine novels and two non-fiction. Wrote extensively about the building of Bagnell Dam creating the Lake of the Ozarks in Missouri. He spent fifteen years as a space engineer and fourteen as editor and publisher of two weekly newspapers with numerous awards for his weekly columns. His novels range from historical, westerns and mysteries. He has written a novel about the care of children in institutions and a non-fiction about the kidnapping of a one month old Mennonite child and his latest novel about a 16 year old boy kidnapping his son, The Book of John. He is the author of The Writer Who Has a Novel Experience, about writing advice from a reclusive author who wrote a best selling novel about a rebellious teen.