Need a great beach book?
Howabout some action-packed page-turners, exciting stories from a Christian worldview? Both adults and teens will find these talesfascinating. Youwon’t have to wash your brains out after reading one of theseexciting novels—but you will find it hard to put them down. Of hisnovels Cobb says, “If I don’t make you miss yourbedtime, I’m not doing my job.”All titles are available locally (Greenville, OH) at the Bread ofLife Bookstore, or on Amazon in print and Kindle format. You can findCobb at chcobb.com.
Falcon Down (military/espionage thriller,book one of four)
Sometimeswhat you don’t know can hurt you!
Thechief test pilot for a highly classified F-16 weapons-developmentproject, Major Jacob “Falcon” Kelly is shot down and captured bythe Soviet Union in a hi-tech kidnapping during the Cold War. Theyintend to interrogate him to learn the secrets of the new weapon. Hiscaptors have detained him at a secret GRU facility in Siberia.Holding on to him might prove difficult, however, because Kelly hassome skills of which they are unaware . . .
KirkusReviews: “Cobb has clearly done his research onmultiple counts and, like Tom Clancy or Dale Brown, masterlyintertwines military technology and behavior into a tightly plottednarrative in which every development follows logically and smoothlyfrom what came before. This deft touch extends to the characters . ..”
(political thriller)Itbegan as a blog. It became a political firestorm.
HenryMarshall is a principled Christian conservative blogger who isconvinced that both major parties have abandoned the Constitution.His intention is to be nothing more than a political gadfly, but hisfriends won’t allow him to stay on the sidelines, and his enemiesdon’t intend to allow him to live.
Journalist/author TJ Martinell:“Penned before the 2016 election cycle . . . , TheCandidate is a political thriller that unwittingly earns aplace within the alternative history genre for its exploration of howfar a man can go armed only with a message – and how far thosewithin the establishment will go to stop him. . . . [M]any of theaspects of the plot seem prophetic, rather than slightly fanciful.
A pastor by trade, Cobb’s writingreflects extensive background knowledge of mainstream media,political strategy, the military, and of course constitutionalhistory; . . . . The technical preciseness gives vital story subplotsa sense of authenticity and realism.”
Outlander Chronicles: Phoenix
(post-apocalypticaction/adventure, book one of three)
Fromthe ashes of a world past . . .
Eighty years after a smallpoxpandemic has reduced the global population to eight million, a youngman (Jacen Chester) experiences the tragic deaths of his entirefamily and community. Wrestling with grief and anger, he commitshimself to establishing a new community (Phoenix) that will advancebeyond merely subsisting on the remains of the former world.
He meets a mysterious wanderer whodecides to help him accomplish his dream. Together the two gather asmall community and set their sights on the empty interior of thecontinent—1800 miles away—where they can escape the murderousgangs of the east and pursue their project in peace.
But hatred and bitterness from withinand lethal attacks from without threaten to destroy the growingPhoenix community. A painful lesson in forgiveness and tolerance isrequired to save Phoenix from itself.
Captivated Reading Book Blog: “With two incredibly strong main characters, Phoenix tells astory of a world lost and people who are desperate . . . I wascompletely enthralled in this story from beginning to end.”
Amazon Reader Review: “Iloved reading this book and I can't wait for more of the story! Itgave me so much to think about, which I love in a book, and it was anexciting read, too! It raised ideas I had never thought about before,as well as presenting familiar ones in a new way. Cobb is veryeffective at evoking a world that is both radically different fromour own, and also not so distant in possibility. . . . Although Idisagree with most of Cobb's views as I ascertain them from thestory, I really enjoyed the debates and discussions the charactershave, which I think says a lot about Cobb's talent as a writer aswell as his even-handedness as a thinker. . . . Bring out a sequel,please!!!”
APrayer of Moses: ADevotional Commentary of Psalm 90
(non-fiction)TheChurch has rendered God safe.
His wrath is amatter relegated to days of antiquity. It seems rare that we connectthe brevity and frailty of this existence with His overflowing angerat sin. Unfortunately, having dispensed with His wrath we’ve alsodiminished His holiness and His majesty, and made the Cross lessnecessary.
This study invitesthe reader to take a second look at God and His wrath—and HisChrist—through the eyes of Moses. Suitable for individuals orgroups.
JohnL. Marshall, Ph.D, Christian Studies/History Department, EasternUniversity: “ Pastor Cobb's expositionof Psalm 90 combines two sets of ingredients that make it a joy toread: on the one hand, exegetical precision together with the sweepof redemptive history; on the other, technical mastery with warm,personal application. There are Scriptural studies in which theauthor maintains a safe distance from the reader. Pastor Cobb allowsus to get to know him along with the text he is expounding. This, inmy opinion, is the best way to do pastoral theology.”
