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Five time award-winning author Keith Clemons spotlights the issue of child trafficking with his latest release, These Little Ones, demonstrating once again that fiction has the power to change minds and hearts.

When three kids disappear from an orphanage in Mexico, missionary Lonnie Striker leaves his flock to seek and to save those who are lost. Lonnie’s worst fears are soon realized—the children have been abducted by a Mexican cartel and will eventually be sold into slavery. The market is rife with customers, most of whom are pedophiles and pimps. Lonnie can’t let his kids fall into such hands, but to get them back, he’ll have to risk capture, and even death. There’s no point in worrying about that, time is running out. The Good Shepherd gave his life for the sheep. ... Read more

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Made for the Movies!
When I read "These Little Ones," I didn't want to put it down and literally read all night. You know these things are happening, but a real life context makes it all the more horrific. The way Keith Clemons realistically weaves God's power and grace into the story gives relief and hope. I was fascinated with the way Keith transitioned often, from one scene to the next. My humble opinion is that it would make a great movie!

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In this highly acclaimed, spellbinding novel, journalist Laurie Best investigates reports of retirement home residents being euthanized and must decide if there's ever a time when life is no longer worth living. A fascinating, attention grabbing novel dealing with tough, real-life situations.Tucked into green hills of Oregon's winding coast, inside an elite retirement community far from prying eyes, people are beginning to disappear. According to unconfirmed reports, the residents are being systematically euthanized. "Led like sheep to the slaughter" is how old Joe, with his Adam's apple waddling in the loose skin of his neck, put it. Reporter Laurie Best remains unconvinced. She's the one investigating their claims. For all she knows they're senile - flaky as dry crackers. Besides, this is a right to life issue and she's pro-abortion. Crippled minds only take up valuable space on the planet-right? So even if the rumors are true, why bother saving the lives of those who are no longer able to think. ... Read more

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Tackling Big Issues With a Brilliant Pen
In a brilliantly crafted story, Keith Clemons ventures where few Christian authors dare, tackling issues surrounding euthanasia, abortion and sexual orientation. But he does so from a completely fresh perspective.
A young reporter risks her job and her life, entering a nursing home after receiving a professional make-over, searching for the real story behind the palpable fear among residents.
The pithy wisdom of Ruth, a sprightly old woman with a mind as crisp as the crack of a whip; the sometimes winsome, sometimes whining, but always very human effeminate makeup artist, Peter, who assists Laurie with her disguise as she tries desperately to not overdo forty years of instant aging; and the Nursing Home Director in financial crisis, resorting to the "Peaceful Slumber" room to ease finacial burdens -- are all tied together by a main character who somehow acts as a catalyst, taking a straight-forward plot and repeatedly surprising the reader.
The sensative and compassionate development of Peter, who struggles with his sexual orientation, combined with the tough love of Ruth, an uncompromising senior who confonts his tendencies head-on, while accepting him fully as a person, achieves some of the most effective writing on gay issues in print.
Another mark of the genius of the writing is that much of the time we actually "Like" the Nursing Home Director and ache for him as he battles his financial demons. We disagree, but understand and almost sympathize as he resorts to desperate measures. He is not an inherently evil man that we love to hate. He is a man caught in a world of muddy ethics; a "victim" of his time who is simply following the logic of a world that values "Quality of Life" more than "Life" itself.
Topnoch writing, this book is also far more. It speaks strongly and effectively to pertinent issues. Not for the lazy reader, Clemons will exercise your intellect, grip your imagination and your emotions and keep you turning pages late into the night. He will leave you mulling over issues for months to come. Never preachy, this book achieves that rare balance of masterful storytelling, gripping entertainment, and a message that engages your mind and calls you to think. BUY IT!! READ IT!! PASS IT ON!! ... Read more

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Called home from the mission-field to pay last respects to his estranged brother, missionary Lonnie Striker finds he’s inherited a film company on the verge of collapse. A company that is the sole source of funding for his ministry. Now, he has just two weeks to stave off a mutiny, keep his nephew from executing a company takeover, hold his creditors at bay, curb his feelings for his widowed sister-in-law, and deliver a movie to market, while protecting a secret that could destroy them all.And there’s one other problem: Lonnie has discovered the movie is rated “R” for sex and violence. There’s no time or money to remake the film-it must go out as is. The film’s release will bring the company financial security—while standing on principle could cost him everything he holds dear, including his ministry. It sounds like an easy decision, but... ... Read more

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Danger! Sleep Deprivation
Rich in plots, sub-plots, intrigue and surprising twists, this book should carry a warning: "Danger! Sleep Deprivation!

Lonnie, a career missionary, loves the simple live, but carries baggage from broken relationships. Long-festering wounds of never quite measuring up to his money-hungry father, and the deep animosity between his brother and himself hints that his "Call" to the mission field is at least in part, running away.

Coming home too late for reconciliation with his estranged brother, the will, read the day after the funeral, thrusts Lonnie into the leadership of a movie empire. It is one step from bankruptcy with an XXX rated film about to release. Lacking background knowledge of the film industry, distrusted by the employees he has suddenly inherited, and despised by his brother's son, Lonnie also battles a hostile takeover bid with inside corruption working against him.

This is a tightly written story showing deep insights into the very human struggles of a man following a high calling. Lonnie is a fascinating and very "real" character, with all his hopes and dreams on the line, including the financial backing for his mission work. An unforgiving calendar with impossible deadlines looms. Financial pressures he has never imagined, with not just his own welfare, but other family members and his mission work under the gun push intensely toward compromise. And in the midst of it all, a relationship he thought long dead begins to grow again from deeply buried roots.

Drawing on the writing strengths that made "If I Should Die" a wonderful and rewarding read, this book shows the author's greater grasp of his craft. A work that demands a fully engaged intellect, this is also richly entertaining and exceptionally difficult to put down. It holds fascinating questions to the very last page. Even the ending, far from a "they lived happily ever after" windup, is somehow rewarding and deeply satisfying.

Fascinating moral dilemma
Above the Stars presents a fascinating moral dilemma. Lonnie, a low-key missionary type with a painful past is building a hospital in a poor Mexican town. For funds, he is using his share of the proceeds of a film business run by his dynamic brother Harlan. Harlan doesn't think much of Lonnie. But when he dies suddenly, he leaves a controlling interest in the company to him. That's not as big a gift as it sounds; when Lonnie arrives in Hollywood, he discovers that the company is on the verge of receivership. So the failure to rescue it will be Lonnie's fault, not Harlan's. Worse, the film that might provide the needed funds is a nihilistic go-kill-yourself flick aimed at young people that Lonnie feels morally obligated to refuse to release.

Lonnie has done his homework and knows that the public would line up enthusiastically for high-value entertainment, but he can't get time or credit to change the film. Or can he? He must act quickly because a big-time loan shark plans to gobble the company like a fish stick.

I really enjoyed this story about a man who decided to do what was right and accept the consequences. The actual consequences turn out to be quite different from what anyone would have predicted. Author Clemons has a great way with description of weather and environment. It would be fun to read a sequel.

A Great Read!
Keith Clemons has written a compelling novel with complex characters. I found it hard to put down. His use of descriptive words takes you into the scene and brings you into the emotional turmoil of the moment. This novel deals with the Hollywood hype of our day that is pitted against the God of heaven.

Lonnie, a missionary in Posada, Mexico, a place he loves, has received a letter that he needs to come home. Home? For him, that is Posada. He and his brother have been estranged for years. But out of Christian duty he fly's back, leaving a hospital he started, and nearing completion, behind, to return to memories he'd rather forget and temptations he finds hard to resist...

Flung into finishing the production of a movie, Lonnie finds himself dealing with the demons of deceit and destruction. And secrets, those kept from him, those he has been forced to keep and the one's he doesn't want to resurface, as well as one he has yet to find out, keep this story moving.

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Pleasantly Surprised
I have to admit....I was really not expecting to like this book. The style is so different from anything else I normally read, and I just prepared myself to get through it and somehow, find something to like about it. Well, I learned something along the way, and that is simply to not set expectations until I've given something a chance. Boy, am I glad I gave Mohamed's Moon a chance! This book wasjust impossible to put this book down! It had such a fast pace that literally left me on the edge of my seat. Just when I thought I had everything figured out, wham! I'm thrown for a loop, and have to set myself right...over and over again.

Also, it's pretty unusual to have the topic of Islam in a Christian fiction book. I don't think I've ever come across it until now, and I managed to get a little bit of an education in the process. I was not expecting to see passages from the Quran scattered throughout the book, but it really made a difference in the overall tone of the book. If the author had written, "Mohamed remembered a verse from the Quran," but didn't list said verse, it wouldn't have added anything to the book. Instead, he did interject passages from the Quran, and it put a whole different spin on things. I could now see reasons why Mohamed felt about Islam the way he did.

It also made the internal conflict that Mohamed was experiencing so much more believable. Once Mohamed meets his brother, they challenge each other to read the other person's holy book. I didn't doubt that Matthew, Mohamed's brother, would hold true to his Christian upbringing. Mohamed, on the other hand, felt that he had a little more to prove. Not only is he trying to prove to Matthew that Allah is the supreme god, but he's also got to find a way to convince Layla, Matthew's girlfriend and a Christian, that she has strayed. So, he keeps his promise, buys a Bible, and sets out on his course to convert these two "infidels" (all non-Muslims). However, I think he got a little more than he bargained for. :o)

I can say without a doubt that I'm very impressed with Keith Clemons as an author. Choosing such an explosive theme of the coexistance of Christians and Muslims couldn't have been easy, but it's definitely relevant to present times. I certainly hope he's got a sequel in the works, or if not that, something else that follows this same topic. I'll definitely be reading more about it in the future.

Wonderfully unique and very interesting
What a good book! It is a total step apart from much of what I've been reading lately, but it is great. Identical twin brothers separated at birth, 1 raised in America as a Christian and 1 raised in Egypt as a Muslim. A plot to assassinate the president, take over the presidential office, mass murder and a lovely young lady caught in the middle of two brothers.

I really appreciated the way the author shows the differences and similarities between Islam and Christianity as the brothers agree to read each others books (the Bible and Quaran) in an attempt to understand each other and appease the love of their lives, Layla. There may be a lot of coincidences in the storyline, but I just settled back and accepted them. In doing so I was really able to enjoy the book. I also really liked the fact that everything isn't tied up with a pretty little bow when it is all finished - bittersweet and beautiful. Excellent book.

Belief systems collide in atmospheric romance
Medical student Layla thinks she loves Matthew Mulberry enough to accept his ring. Yet she senses there is something he is not telling her. One day she comes face to face with Mohamed El Taher. He's Matthew's double but also a ghost from her past. After that, hers and Matthew's relationship gets even more tangled. However, in Mohamed's Moon Keith Clemons doesn't create only a love triangle but brings the world of two Egyptian expatriates into collision with a cell of calculating killers that has infiltrated America's highest office.

Clemons' skillful storytelling captivates as he whisks us between the present and the past, Egypt and California, and the viewpoints of Matthew, Mohamed and Layla. Through Mohamed we come to understand how a belief system even intent on murder can make sense and have a steely grip on mind and heart. Somehow using his writer's sleight of hand Clemons makes us sympathetic toward all three of the main characters, even though two are bitter rivals.

Clemons weighs in on some significant themes -- inequality between rich and poor (including the amusing irony of the Lexus-driving Mohamed pontificating against America's wealth to his rival, who drives a beat-up VW), forgiveness, and the clash between Christianity and Islam. Mohamed is thoroughly versed in the Qur'an and he and the cavernous-eyed professor Omar quote it often. When Mohamed obtains a Bible, its message of love and forgiveness shocks him. Could this be true?

The portrayal of life in Egypt makes this book especially rich and earns Clemons the label "atmospheric storyteller." The story is full of surprises and suspense -- a book with a taut beginning, middle, and end that's hard to put down.

This is the first of Clemons' books that I've read, but I'd definitely read more. It's not every day you find a writer who tackles a timely and controversial issue in a story so riveting and with such literary finesse.

Delivered as Promised!
"...The sun burned like a welder's arc, cutting a white hole in the sky..."

"...A lone pelican flew by, a silhoutte on a shimmering red sky..."

"...The plane shuddered, making a tempest of the coffee in his cup..."

"...The car pulled away, disappearing into the mist like a bug caught up in a spiderweb..."

Keith Clemons, award winning author from Caledon, Ontario, is a master at creating word pictures. As I started to read through his latest book - Mohamed's Moon, I found myself captivated by his ability to write in pictures.

The cover of Mohamed's Moon suggests that the story line offers a conflict with grave repurcussions, little hope of resolution set against a back drop of a ticking clock. I was not disappointed as I read each page expectantly.

The story begins on the shores of the Nile as Mohammed and Layla - childhood best friends - - enjoy the innocence of youth. Layla's father a physician works in Egypt among those of the Muslim faith. When Layla talks to Mohammed about becoming a Christian so that they can marry one day, he tells her that all Christians are liars and infidels. A foundation is laid as it is revealed that Zainab, Mohamed's mother is actually a Christian.

The story takes off early as we enter into the distorted thought process of Khalaf, Mohamed's father, who sacrifices his life and many others for the sake of Allah. Through a series of flashbacks and clever dialogue sequences, we follow Mohamed and Layla into adulthood and become a part of the triangle that is the basis for this exceptional story.

In Mohamed's Moon, tension builds between the two brothers Matthew and Mohamed - twins separated at birth as they clash about the state of one another's culture and the expectations of Isa - Jesus - Allah - Jehovah. It is interesting to hear how some of the Muslim faith view western society. Mohamed refers to the western world as a land of gluttony rather than a land of plenty. Food for thought. This fiction story is certainly thought provoking in many ways.

At first a reader might cry predicatability and a bit of a far fetched idea for twin brothers to find each other after more than two decades and that they would both fall in love with the same girl - Layla.

But, there is nothing predictable about the plot in Mohamed's Moon. The story, interwoven with stunning descriptions that take the reader on one adventure after another, is plausible in every sense. Mohamed's Moon blends romance and suspense creating tension as Mohamed and Matthew face physical, psychological and spiritual challenges throughout the book.

Islam verses Christianity. A vengeful Allah verses a loving God. Religion verses relationship. The battle is subtle yet the profundity of faith and Who truly reigns supreme, shines through as Mr. Clemons carries his characters through one journey after another.

Mohamed's Moon is an excellent summer read and I would highly recommend this book to anyone who enjoys suspense, a little bit of romance, high adventure, a great plot twist and a not so predictable ending. I was riveted. Congratulations Keith Clemons.

Suspense, Romance, Action
Keith Clemons has created another master work of fiction in his novel "Mohamed's Moon." Unabated suspense, fast moving action, a complex plot, awesome descriptions, and powerful character development combine to keep the reader spellbound. Keith delivers a thought provoking message in which culture, religion, and a lust for power challenge reason. He touches the heart and emotions with poignancy as his real life characters make choices that will impact the world today, and their eternal destiny.

The message of redemption and forgiveness bear evidence of Clemon's authenticity as a person and his gift as a communicator.
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When Bibles are banned in the name of world peace and the church goes underground to survive How far will one man go to keep the Word alive?

A gripping story that will touch reader’s hearts…

Peter Dufoe has enough money to purchase anything his heart desires—except the life of Angela, his seven year old daughter.She’s dying of cancer.Angela wants to spend her final days with her family but Peter’s on the run accused of sedition and murder, and her nurse wants her terminated to end her pain.Stealing Angela from the hospital, Peter hitches a ride on an eighteen wheeler driven by a trucker with a pet Chihuahua and the adventure begins.It’s a race against the clock with his own imprisonment and the death of his daughter at stake—a journey that will challenge Peter to become the man he truly is.
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Angel in the Alley--An Excellent Read!
Angel in the Alley hooked me from the start and didn't let go until the end.

The "good guys" were flawed, frail, with complex personal problems. Their faith, although sometimes shaken by the problems they faced, seemed believable and real.

The book had grit and didn't shy away from describing the more base emotions experienced by humans and the plot, set in the near future, not much further along the societal and environmental paths of today, was a realistic connecting of biblical prophesy with what we see unfolding before our very eyes. ... Read more

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Chapters: Mike Tomlin, Pinball Clemons, Darren Sharper, Dan Henning, Keith Fimian, Jim Hickey, Rip Scherer, Mark Duffner, Steve Christie, Lang Campbell, Billy Parker, Mike Leach, Ralph Sazio, Sean Mcdermott, Jeffrey Tinnell, Lou Creekmur, Buster Ramsey, Jack Cloud, Marvin Bass, J. D. Gibbs, Ivan Fears, Knox Ramsey, Otis Douglas, Mark Kelso, Vito Ragazzo, Dominique Thompson, Mike Potts, Derek Cox, Dan Darragh, David Knight, T. W. Alley, Tommy Thompson, Drew Atchison, Bill Bowman, Harvey Johnson, George Hughes, John Cannon, Robert Green, Jude Waddy, Jim Ryan, Adam O'connor. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 136. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: 2008 Motorola NFL Coach of the Year Mike Tomlin (born March 15, 1972) is an American football head coach for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League. Tomlin is the third youngest head coach in any of the four major North American professional sports. He is the tenth African-American head coach in NFL history, and first in Steelers history. With the Steelers' victory in Super Bowl XLIII on February 1, 2009, Tomlin became the youngest head coach to lead his team to a Super Bowl victory. Tomlin attended Denbigh High School and was a three-year starter as a wide receiver/tight end for the College of William and Mary. He finished his career with a school-record 20 touchdown catches. He was a second-team All-Yankee Conference selection in 1994. Tomlin never played in the NFL. Tomlin's coaching career began in 1995 as the wide receiver coach at Virginia Military Institute under current West Virginia University head coach Bill Stewart. He spent the 1996 season as a graduate assistant at the University of Memphis, where he worked with the defensive backs and special teams. Following a brief stint on the University of Tennessee at Martin...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=4493906 ... Read more