A Great and Terrible Thing: Luke’s Perilous Investigation of the Life of Jesus

Luke, a Greek physician commissioned to investigate the life of Jesus of Nazareth, expects to find legend, exaggeration, perhaps inspiration. What he doesn’t expect is betrayal, political danger, and a growing affection for a bold Jewish midwife who challenges his worldview. As his inquiries draw him into the splintering factions of the early Church—and the crosshairs of powerful enemies—Luke must wrestle with testimonies too consistent to dismiss and too radical to accept. The deeper Luke digs, the more unstable the ground beneath him becomes—until he is swept up in a world of political sabotage, spiritual longing, and personal entanglements that test not only his mind but his heart.Rich in historical detail and driven by deeply human characters, A Great and Terrible Thing explores faith, reason, and the cost of telling the truth when truth itself is under threat.A Great and Terrible Thing is an intimate and sweeping work of historical fiction—part love story, part spiritual reckoning, part political intrigue—for readers who crave smart, emotionally resonant storytelling grounded in timeless questions of faith, power, and purpose.