Harrold's Choice

About the Book

It's 2010. In North Georgia, a 44-year-old owner of a convenience store in the County Seat town of Clearmont is a divorced man with a shady past. Disillusioned with his life without a purpose, he sells his store in its prime location to an Indonesian Cartel. They remodel it into one like their other 250 stores scattered throughout the South. Harrold is surprised when he learns the buyers are Muslims. The six-year-old daughter of the Muslim family that moves into the store's annex is killed in a tragic hit-and-run accident on the highway in front of the store. Law authorities never discover the killer. Harrold Holden, now Clearmont's mayor, learns the killer's identity but cannot reveal the secret. In an unpredictable event, Saudi Arabian oil money builds a large Islamic complex near Clearmont City. The result is an invasion of thousands of Muslims into the region's traditional culture. The result is catastrophic! Bloodshed follows. This culture clash has severe repercussions on traditional Christianity and especially on Mayor Holden and his new religious beliefs. Some might say his life has a heartbreaking ending in 2045. Others say just the opposite. What do you say?

About the Author

John Philbric Hasty is a retired ordained Christian Minister. He and his wife of 54+ years live in Lakeland, Florida. They have four adult children, eight grandchildren, and seven great grandchildren. After 4 years in the US Navy in WWII he taught mathematics in his home town high school, then served as an elementary school principal, and later as a middle school principal, all in Toledo, Ohio, his place of birth. He has three earned academic degrees from accredited American colleges and Universities. He was President of Cebu Christian Seminary on the Island of Cebu in the Philippines. Later he served as President of three different Colleges in the USA. In the eight years prior to retirement, he served as senior minister of his home church in Toledo, Ohio. After retirement, he served twelve years as interim minister of a small congregation in Northeast Georgia. In his long career, he has written numerous articles for Christian journals. Since retirement, he has authored a cultural mystery novel titled, "Fear of Strangers." This latest novel, "Harrold's Choice," represents his deep concern about the future of Christianity in the USA.