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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My Latest Posts
The Snare Snags a Book Award
The Snare, received a Finalist medal in the 2022 Book Excellence Awards for the Christian Fiction category. This is the first award for the novel that was published in January 2022, and the 8th literary award for the books The Lighthouse series since 2019. In this...
Author Talk April 23
I will be conducting a reading and author talk on Saturday, April 23, 12:30 at Inspiration Fest in Lakeway, Texas. The title of my talk is, "Following the Spirit: Writing Stories that Thrill and Transform." I'm also exhibiting at the event in Booth FC1-09. Inspiration...
Book Genre, An Important Choice
Today I recorded a video about my choice of genre for my books. To be more accurate, I recorded a video about second-guessing my choice since 2018. As if I don't have enough to think about already. Book lovers will enjoy the short video and my contemplation of...
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The Snare Silver Award 2023
So many of you have joined my newsletter list in the past few months, you may not know that The Snare, won a Silver Award in the Christian Mystery/Thriller category of the 2023 Illumination Book Awards. I received the nifty medal this week, so thought I’d mention it...
The Snare Audiobook Sample Chapter 22
The Snare is book three in The Lighthouse series of Christian thrillers. The protagonist, Charley Austin, is the 18 year-old son of Clay and Sheryl. In this scene he returns home for Thanksgiving holiday from his freshman year at college. The weekend looks rosy until...
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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