Light of Hope

by Robert Vaughan

Overview

There is a light that never goes out. Galen Scobey has lost hope.

Since his wife's death seven years ago, he has thrown himself completely into two things: taking care of his beloved young son and advancing his career. He has no time for love, and no patience for holiday joy. But this Christmas Galen's job for a major oil corporation has led him to the remote town of Point Hope, Alaska. The picturesque land of snow-covered mountains and caribou is a painful reminder of the day he gave up his faith.

The white tundra, unchanged and untouched by all but the native Eskimos for thousands of years, means a lot to schoolteacher Ellie Springer. Originally from Dallas, Ellie came to Alaska looking for adventure and recovery from her last romantic disaster. But when Galen arrives, Ellie finds herself siding with some of the local villagers in a fight to keep Galen and his oil company out of their majestic town.

Though many obstacles stand in their way, Galen and Ellie cannot help but feel an attraction between them. But will their politics, their religion, and even the unforgiving winter weather keep them apart?

Only a Christmas miracle can tell in this uplifting tale of love, second chances, and above all things, hope.



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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781466848108
Publisher:	Tor Publishing Group
Publication date:	06/25/2013
Sold by:	Macmillan
Format:	eBook
Pages:	208
File size:	212 KB

About the Author

ROBERT VAUGHAN, one America's most prolific novelists, has written over 250 books in his long career. A member of the Writers Hall of Fame and a Spur Award winner, he is also a decorated veteran of the Vietnam War, and a much sought-after public speaker. Vaughan lives in Gulf Shores, Alabama with his wife, Ruth, and his dog, Charley.

Robert Vaughan sold his first book when he was 19 years old. That was 50 years, nearly 250 titles, and 20 million books ago. Writing under 35 pseudonyms, he has hit the New York Times and Publishers Weekly bestseller lists twice.

His book Survival (under the pseudonym K.C. McKenna) won the Spur Award for best western novel (1994), The Power and the Pride won the Porgie for best paperback original (1976), and Brandywine's War was named by the Canadian University Symposium of Literature as the best iconoclastic novel to come from the Vietnam War. He was inducted into the Writers' Hall of Fame in 1998.

Editorial Reviews

"Robert Vaughan is a skilled storyteller." —W. E. B. Griffin on Dawn of the Century

"Robert Vaughan weaves an intriguing tale . . . you just want more." —Oliver North, New York Times bestselling author of Mission Compromised on Whose Voice the Waters Heard

"Vaughan confirms his status as one of the very best American authors of his generation." —Greg Tobin, author of Selecting the Pope: Uncovering the Mysteries of Papal Elections on To Touch the Face of God

"Colorful fiction and first-rate writing." —Gilbert Morris, author of The Gates of Heaven on Whose Voice the Waters Heard

"Details are historically accurate, and the characters are well-drawn with sharp edges." —Publishers Weekly on Christmas Past

From the Publisher

Have yourself a conservative little Christmas. Vaughan, a prolific Christian author of manly historicals and military novels under various pseudonyms (including female ones, for his category romances), takes up several ultra-right and back-to-the-Bible causes in this low-key holiday tale. Should the Inuits and just plain white folks of Point Hope, Alaska (which might sit atop undiscovered reserves of oil), believe the scaremongering of Clay Berber, an untrustworthy, tree-hugging, pointy-headed activist who once fought to have the Ten Commandments removed from a county courthouse? Our hero, Galen Scobey, steps up to the podium with the real facts: among them, the infamous Valdez oil tanker disaster had no lasting measurable effects upon Alaskan wildlife or environment. Galen, a single father to young Nels, is still haunted by the memory of his dead but much-loved wife Julia, who loved Christmas. And he's troubled by his own responsibility for an oil-search accident that killed two New Guinea natives several years ago. Heck, that pretty little teacher, Ellie Springer, isn't going to charm him out of his holiday blues by holding a Christmas pageant at the Tikigaq school. And hasn't she ever heard of the separation of church and state? He won't let Nels perform. The dispute ends up in court, where a muddled defense avers that since the government is supporting "faith in atheism" by upholding the law, there's nothing wrong with celebrating a religious holiday in a publicly funded school system. What a miracle: the befuddled judge agrees in an unlikely ruling on behalf of the pageant. What a hero: Galen, lost in a storm on the tundra, follows a brilliant star back to Point Hope and joins therejoicing townsfolk. Uninspiring story with a not-so-hidden agenda.

Kirkus Reviews