The Messiah Stones

The main character in The Messiah Stones is John McGowan. He has a wife

names Sarah, a son names Joshua who is eight years old, and Oliver who is six

years old. His Dad left him when he was nine years old because he went to

Jerusalem for an archeological dig and never saw him again after he left.

Because of this he lived with his mother for his whole childhood. John is a

family man who loves his wife and kids very much, and missed his father. It

doesn’t tell what John does for a living but he is wealthy because Sarah owns

a book store that does very well.

John plays a big part in the story because everything in the book evolves

around him. In the book he goes to a lawyer in Washington DC because he is

told that he has received something from his father that has been passed down

to him in his will. John gets to DC and receives a letter from his father to

him. The letters tell him that when he was in Jerusalem for the

archeological dig that he found three stones and 1 round stone globe. Each

stone glowed and at the bottom of each stone was the word "McGowan" carved.

The globe had the name "Sarah" carved on it. Later on in the letter it say

that his correspondent Ari told him that the he knows of the stones and said

that they have a great deal to do with god. He says that when the Messiah

Stones are found that God will judge who is worthy.

When John goes home he tells his wife and he decides that his destiny is

to go to Jerusalem and find the stones. When they get there they go to a

temple where people pray one to two times daily. When they get there a woman

that is praying approaches them and says that she has been expecting them.

She says that she has had dreams of them coming and she has also come to

Jerusalem to find the stones. They go to a coffee house and compare dreams.

Later on John finds Ari’s address and goes there. He finds him and Ari

tells him a the story of how his father died. He says that when him and his

father were in a war in Jerusalem.