Man is recruited to bodyguard the Senator, who is insane. Written with humor and pathos, the story concerns a group of misfits who each possess some special talent or ability, which when brought together creates the next evolutionary step for humankind. A must read from one of the real masters of the genre. Anthony Van Horne, a supertanker captain, is hired by angels to rescue the Corpus Dei from the Arctic Ocean and bring it to a tomb prepared in an iceberg. Along the way, we meet atheists, Catholics, and sundry religious oddities who all have their own agendas for the Corpse of God.
Parts are equally funny, uplifting, depressing, pissed off, with a good solid ending.
I liked it, but it's not easy to read in one sitting, due to so many images rushing at the reader at the same time. This book is so realistic in spots, it seems like a nonfiction story if you disregard the mystical touches. Martin Candle, justice of the peace of a small midwestern village, becomes chief prosecutor in the trial of God. As a result, it's less funny than TJ, but it makes you think harder. A young academic woman accidentally enters a parallel world which is being menaced by 'the Dark', creatures who inhabit the air after dark and kill anything living.