The Feast of Saint Mark the Evangelist

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Today, April 25, the Catholic Church celebrates the Feast of Saint Mark the Evangelist — one of my favorite saints. Any idea why?

First, he was named Mark. So was I. 😊

Second, his story of falling and redemption helped shape my lead character, Micah Miller, in THE FALLEN.

Early in his ministry, Mark faced failure. While on mission with Saint Paul the Apostle, he left early at Perga (Pamphylia) and returned to Jerusalem, creating a sharp break between them.

But failure was not the end of his story.

Mark remained faithful to Christ and would go on to author the Gospel of Mark — the shortest, and likely earliest, of the four Gospels. Tradition holds that he recorded the preaching and eyewitness testimony of Saint Peter the Apostle, founded the Church in Alexandria, and ultimately died as a martyr.

His life reminds us of an important truth: Failure in vocation or mission does not define the final outcome. God’s grace restores.

That’s the arc of Micah Miller.

  • A former Army Ranger.
  • A disgraced priest.
  • A haunted widower.

Micah wanted to disappear into the violent streets of Haiti as a mercenary with nothing left to lose—until he reluctantly answers the Pope’s call.

Now he leads Gideon’s Sword against the evil consuming America’s soul… and his own. His war is both spiritual and personal.
And only one will be won.

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When Pope John Paul III saw the signs—hatred of Christians, targeted attacks on faith, alliances formed in the shadows—he didn’t call a council. He called warriors. Gideon’s Sword is more than a Vatican op. It’s a lifeline to the Church in America. And Micah Miller—fallen, broken, lethal—is their tip of the spear. There’s no pulpit for what’s coming. Only battlefields. THE FALLEN — Read it before your church burns.

He served God. Then he served man. Now he serves justice.
Micah Miller was a soldier.
Then a priest.
Then, a husband who buried the woman he loved.
Now?
He’s something else entirely.
-Trained by the 75th Ranger Regiment.
-Forged in the crucible of loss.
-Skills perfected on the violent streets of Haiti
-Recruited by the Vatican to fight a war America won’t even admit exists.
They tried to erase the truth.
They tried to burn down the faith.
But they didn’t count on Micah.
Now he leads a covert team into the heart of American darkness—where child mutilation is praised, churches burn in silence, and powerful men hunt the innocent.
THE FALLEN isn’t just a thriller. It’s a warning shot.

President Bearden didn’t steal the White House. He bought it—with the souls of men too weak to say no. Now the puppet masters are pulling strings from behind the curtain, and the last obstacle standing in their way? A fallen priest with a guilty conscience and a Mossad agent who doesn’t forgive. When truth becomes treason, who will you trust? THE FALLEN — Read it before they bury it.

Micah Miller never wanted redemption. Not after burying his wife. Not after walking away from the priesthood. But when the Pope himself calls, you answer.
Now he’s on a mission that will shatter everything he thought he knew—about his Church, his country, and the war being waged behind closed doors.
If you think this is just fiction, think again.
The war on faith has already begun.
Read the book, they’ll say it’s too dangerous to publish.