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The Story of B

By: Daniel Quinn
Narrated by: MacLeod Andrews
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 From the author of the critically acclaimed, award-winning bestseller Ishmael and its sequel, My Ishmael, comes a powerful novel with one of the most profound spiritual testaments of our time
 
“A compelling ‘humantale’ that will unglue, stun, shock, and rearrange everything you’ve learned and assume about Western civilization and our future.”—Paul Hawken, author of The Ecology of Commerce
 
Father Jared Osborne has received an extraordinary assignment from his superiors: Investigate an itinerant preacher stirring up deep trouble in central Europe. His followers call him B, but his enemies say he’s something else: the Antichrist. However, the man Osborne tracks across a landscape of bars, cabarets, and seedy meeting halls is no blasphemous monster—though an earlier era would undoubtedly have rushed him to the burning stake. For B claims to be enunciating a gospel written not on any stone or parchment but in our very genes, opening up a spiritual direction for humanity that would have been unimaginable to any of the prophets or saviors of traditional religion. Pressed by his superiors for a judgement, Osborne is driven to penetrate B’s inner circle, where he soon finds himself an anguished collaborator in the dismantling of his own religious foundations. 
 
More than a masterful novel of adventure and suspense, The Story of B is a rich source of compelling ideas from an author who challenges us to rethink our most cherished beliefs.
 
Explore Daniel Quinn’s spiritual Ishmael trilogy: 
ISHMAEL • MY ISHMAEL • THE STORY OF B Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Magical Realism Magic Fantasy

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I really loved Daniels novel ' Ismail' it encouraged me to examine the problems of the world at a deeper level in relation to my religious beliefs. The Story of B has had a lesser impact (possibly because I was listening rather than reading myself) however, the author or the protagonists B one and B two have failed to understand, interpret or purposely ignore how monotheistic religions relate to science and all 'life' the, One God' did not send just 'written books' there are numerous 'prophets' that did not leave 'books'; how and why Prophet Nur was not mentioned in the novel, was his story left out Itentionally? He saved by devine Intervention to secure the safety of every living creature, ensuring their survival after the wipe out of the 'evil' people of the nation. You might question if that was fair and just as many people and creatures were killed off... Well this method is explained in both Ismail and B. The Quran explains everything in relation to how 'mankind' should live in harmony with all of creation and the Bible Quran and Science publication.

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