'The Constantine Codex' is the newest book of Paul L. Maier's in his Skeleton series, this being number three. And while I want to give a good review for this book, I just can't work up to it. After just a few pages, the dialogue proved to be so trite and cutesy that I wanted to gag. With all due respect to Dr. Maier's historical research and knowledge, I'd recommend a ghost writer to help him out with the intricacies of writing fiction.The idea of the story is appealing---missing pages of the book of Mark and a Second Book of Acts have been found. Those would be remarkable discoveries, but the way Dr. Maier fleshes out the story is annoying. And with him having over five million copies of his books in print, I really hesitate to be critical.
Dr. Maier's knowledge of Biblical history is amazing. Reading this book was like an intense history lesson, but again, his inability to have his characters carry on sensible conversations was truly irritating. Sticking to non-fiction might be a good idea.
(this book was provided free for me to review from glass road public relations)
