The Ship Finding God

The Ship Trilogy #3

by D. Krauss

Book 3 of The Ship Trilogy.


The ship is gone. So is the crew. Only Otto Boteman remains.
Living in a log cabin in a beautiful valley on a planet of two suns and two moons, every dog of his childhood in attendance, every need provided, Otto whiles away the days in peace and silence. It seems like Heaven. Except, God is not here. No one is.
His doubts growing, Otto goes back to the wreckage of the ship seeking…something. What, he’s not sure. But his discovery of a relic within the ship’s remains sets in motion a series of cataclysms that drives Otto across an ever-changing world where he confronts old enemies, half-forgotten myths, and the very nature of existence.
And, maybe, God Himself.

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Published August 11, 2016

About the author

D. Krauss currently resides in the Shenandoah Valley. He's been a cottonpicker, a sod buster, a surgical orderly, the guy who paints the little white line down the middle of the road, a weatherman, a gun-totin’ door-kickin’ lawman, a layabout, and a bus driver, in that order.

Reviews

[M · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is the final book in the trilogy. I felt the author was searching for an ending while he was writing this last book and it seemed a bit disjointed. If you are hoping for an explanation of what it all means or the sought after audience with God you will be disappointed. The book ends with no real meeting and more questions than answers. I did like the lumberjack Jesus though....

[Elisabeth · Rating 5 out of 5]

So .. all the religious people I know have fears, hopes, ideas, wonders ... chaotic emotions about The After Life (?) ... This is the last book of 3, my guy handed it to me impressed, and said I did not need to read #1 or #2 .. clearly, he'd forgotten who he was talking to ... Besides . Good Book .

[Mark Allen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Thanks to the author for sending this book after I reviewed the first 2 books in the series.

This book concludes the trilogy after "The Ship To Look For God" and "The Ship Looking For God". The trilogy is an odyssey in which our hero, Otto Boteman, dies and embarks upon a journey through times, spaces, dimensions and mind boggling circumstances in search of an answer.

This volume moves Otto on to his goal and there are far fewer new faces in this book. The tone is different as the answer nears and the steady introduction of famous names from history makes way for angels and other beings. It's difficult to talk more openly for fear of spoiling the plot and the answer to the supreme question and I'm going to hope that this ambiguity encourages readers to read my reviews of the first 2 books and seek them out for themselves. This trilogy is not published by a major name, in fact it seems to have been self-published. In my view, Otto's journey deserves wider attention. Goodreads is full of testifying memoirs and books in praise of God, Christ and other deities. These books are different - they ask questions. Of course it leads to a spiritual conclusion and yes, JC has a cameo. But it also has an open ending that makes one think and leaves space for you to find your own interpretation. It's a positive message, I concluded, that steers away from hate and damnation and points towards being good.

I have typed this review some time after reading the book. I wasn't as pleased with the ending as I wanted to be as I, like most readers, expect and prefer a distinct conclusion. Maybe that's unfair with a subject matter like this and having re-read main parts again there are different interpretations that can be made by different readers. I'm not a very religious person but do appreciate spirituality and the loving parts of faith.

And after everything Otto has been through, he still seems oddly surprised at each new acquaintance!