Riveting Stories of the Spiritual Battle for Our Hearts
The Lighthouse Series of Christian Fiction
The Latest Award-Winning Christian Thriller from Charles Besondy
When Charley Austin Marches to the Wrong Beat, Life Gets Ugly.
Book 4 in The Lighthouse Series
“What a story! This is one that rewards you the farther you delve into it.” – The Indie Express
“Witty and smart, this was a solid read with great writing.” – Novel News Network
“Besondy’s prose is both evocative and powerful, capturing the essence of spiritual turmoil and ultimate redemption.” – Readers’ Favorite
“This is a wonderfully crafted thriller.” –Texas Book Nook
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The Snare Reflects Hope in a Crumbling World
Early this year I heard from a few readers who scoffed at the backstory of The Snare that involves the collapse of the dollar following a financial default by the U.S. In the story, this led to the dollar being replaced by a worldwide digital currency, which I labeled...
How to Write a Review on Amazon
As an author, one of my biggest surprises and disappointments is how difficult it is to acquire book reviews from readers, even those who loved the book. Reviews are invaluable for helping other readers decide to buy the book or not. Even if I’m familiar with an...
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Taking the Gloves Off of Christian Fiction
Those of you who have followed me for more than a day realize that my novels are Christian fiction – Christian thrillers to be more precise. Technically, this means that the books support Christian ideals. However, if you think this means that every Christian fiction...
Chronology of The Lighthouse Series
I get asked about the timeline of my novels in The Lighthouse series. Because the three major novels total nearly 500,000 words, I think folks believe the stories must span decades, at the least. And they do – sort of. I never set out to write “a series.” So, the...
Biography
In The Beginning
It all began as I sat uneasily in a high-back chair while 14 men in a semi-circle studied me intensely through dim candlelight rippled by rising smoke from white sage incense.
I was attending my first Christian men’s retreat. It was May 2015 a few days before my 65th birthday, and it was my turn to be in The Chair.
After long moments of silent prayer, each man, in turn, told me what the Holy Spirt was telling them to say as they studied me. I was not to respond – just listen and be present to their words.
Today, I can’t recall most of what was said to me in that room. What I do remember, because it struck such a powerful chord in me that night, was three of the men had said, “I see you as a tall shining beacon.”
I can assure you, up to that moment I didn’t see myself as anything close to a tall shining beacon – quite the contrary – but from that moment on I gradually began to see me as God intended. Something else happened that night in the cabin on the San Saba River in central Texas. Without me knowing it, the Holy Spirit had planted a seed that three years later would become my first novel, “The Hidden Saboteur.”
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