The Stolen Gospels by Brian Herbert

Book Blurb: Lori Vale, a rebellious teenager, is thrust into the middle of a violent religious conflict when her mother is murdered, and the girl is taken to a heavily guarded fortress in an ancient Greek monastery. There, a group of radical women is creating an earthshaking religious text, the Holy Women’s Bible. The new sacred book will include the Old Testament and the New Testament, edited to alter gospels that are detrimental to the interests of women, such as passages asserting that they should obey their husbands, remain silent in churches, and suffer the burden of Eve’s sins. 

A third section of the Holy Women’s Bible is the biggest bombshell, the Testament of the She-Apostles. It asserts that Jesus Christ had 24 apostles, not 12, and half were women called “she-apostles.” Eleven she-apostles have been reincarnated in modern times as female children, and are revealing new female-oriented gospels about the life of Jesus, stories they say were omitted from the Bible by male church authorities who decided what to include in the Bible and what to leave out of it, in order to assert the power and dominance of men over women.

The radical women have dangerous enemies, and Lori’s life is in grave peril, along with the lives of the remarkable female apostles of Jesus. . . .


Review - 5 of 5 Stars:
I just finished reading The Stolen Gospels by Brian Herbert and am just starting on The Lost Apostles. Brian Herbert has become a really good writer over the years and to-date I've enjoyed the majority of his books that I've read. I truly think it's a shame that Mr. Herbert was unable to publish this book through the conventional channels due to its controversial nature; however, I'm thrilled that he decided to e-publish it. It was a great read and I'm looking forward to finishing the second book in the series. I love the premise of this book and the way the subject matter was handled. The characters are varied and well thought out.

I live for socio-political books and this one definitely qualifies. I read the Race for God several years back and was happy to see Mr. Herbert's exploration of yet another touchy subject. I like thought-provoking fiction and thoroughly recommend this book.