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Miraculously awakening from a twelve-year coma, television evangelist Thomas Jeremiah Luther eagerly resumes his world-wide ministry while secretly plotting to seize control of conservative Christian political power in America.
When a teenage member of Luther’s congregation almost dies from an abortion, he convinces her family to file a multi-million dollar medical malpractice case against the physician and abortion clinic. The right verdict will shut down abortion clinics all over the country and send the religious right and power brokers of all stripes flocking to his door.
With two powerful and charismatic lawyers arguing the case, the nation is riveted to this landmark courtroom battle where the one of the most heated points in the national debate will be decided: When exactly does life begin?
- Sales Rank: #4191020 in Books
- Published on: 2005-05
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 1.25" h x 6.00" w x 9.00" l,
- Binding: Hardcover
- 488 pages
Review
PRAISE FOR SO HELP ME GOD:
“A richly textured tale of religion and law, politics and medicine.”—Paul Levine, bestselling author of Solomon vs. Lord
“The courtroom drama and testimony are brilliantly conceived and carried out…a thoughtful, complex and timely novel, a compelling story one is loath to put aside to do one’s daily work.”—Galveston Daily News "So Help Me God is not only a page-turner but a warning as well. Through a deft, fascinating storyline Larry D. Thompson shows us what can happen here if we're not careful."—Ed Gorman
“So Help Me God is an exciting legal thriller that takes the reader on a sizzling ride as a courtroom becomes the battlefield over one of the most controversial social issues of our time. Not since the Scopes Monkey Trial has a man of religion and a man of ideas clashed so dramatically and brilliantly in a courtroom.” –Junius Podrug, award winning author of Presumed Guilty
“I don’t think I have ever read anything quite so compelling. Everything was woven together beautifully and could only have been done so by someone who had actually lived through similar experiences in the courtroom.”—pennyterk.com
“Move over John Grisham!”—Denton A. Cooley, MD, world-renowned pioneer heart surgeon
“Seldom does a first effort at courtroom fiction find itself in the class of such notables as Inherit the Wind, The Verdict, and The Rainmaker. But Larry Thompson’s So Help Me God belongs there. I predict it will become a modern day classic courtroom tale.”—Jim Perdue, Sr., nationally renowned trial lawyer and author of I Remember Atticus
“I hated to finish that last page of So Help Me God…the courtroom scenes are both realistic and spell-binding.”—Hartley Hampton, past president of the Texas Trial Lawyers Association
About the Author
A veteran Texas trial lawyer, LARRY D. THOMPSON has drawn upon decades of experience in the courtroom to produce his first novel, So Help Me God. Thompson, a one-time journalism major who used his talent for writing to excel at the University of Texas School of Law, is now managing partner of the Houston trial firm he founded. Recently honored by Texas Monthly Magazine as a "Texas Super Lawyer," he is the proud father of three grown children, an active golfer, SCUBA diver, runner, and outdoor enthusiast. His biggest inspiration both in life and literature is his late brother, best-selling author Thomas Thompson.
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Chapter 1
For twelve years the faithful had journeyed from around the world to view the comatose man whose life depended on the feeding tube in his abdomen. This Christmas Eve morning was no different. They began arriving at the City of Miracles on the west side of Fort Worth at dawn. The parking lot resembled Universal Studios. Young men and women in tan slacks and white shirts directed traffic.
By nine o’clock, hundreds were gathered. When the gates opened, a guide escorted the first group inside. The young woman who led them resembled a college cheerleader, blond, blue-eyed, a face filled with eagerness and religious fervor. As they walked, she explained where they were going and what they would see. “My name is Naomi. Twelve years ago today, a demented woman stabbed Reverend Thomas Jeremiah Luther, the Chosen, in the heart as he left a revival at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas. They rushed him to the hospital where he was not expected to live. He refused to die. After months, they could do nothing more so we brought him back here where we could care for him and wait for him to be born once again. You will see him where he lies in state. He has been in a coma for twelve years, fed by a tube and cared for by those of us who believe in him. Five years ago, we took him off life support at the directive of the City’s board of governors. Since then, the doctors have repeatedly declared him clinically dead, but each time a miracle has brought him back.
“The finest doctors in the world have evaluated his condition over the years. They have reached the same conclusion. He will never wake up. He will always be in a vegetative condition and there is nothing we can do except care for him until his death.
“We know the doctors are wrong. They do not understand the power of prayer or believe in miracles. We know that he will not die. Our Father has much more work for him to do in this life. When the time is right, he will awaken and take his rightful place as the spiritual leader of the City of Miracles. Once again, his voice will be heard throughout the world.”
They arrived at the center of the city and found themselves standing in front of an unimpressive, round dome that rose twenty feet above the ground. It could have been a tomb or a bunker or a landed spacecraft. The young woman asked the assembled group to form a single-file line and to bow their heads as they entered. One by one, they vanished into the shadows of the dome. Smoky oil lamps provided a faint light. The circular walkway surrounded a smaller, slightly glowing glass dome, thirty feet in diameter.
“Please be silent and follow your guide along the walkway. There will be room for each of you to view the Chosen. As soon as you position yourselves facing the dome, we will begin,” a voice commanded through loudspeakers.
The glass dome covered a modern and fully functional intensive care unit fifteen feet below the level where the visitors stood. In the middle of the unit was a hospital bed. On it lay the frail, almost lifeless body of Thomas Jeremiah Luther, a.k.a. the Chosen, covered in white linen with only a red blotch carefully placed over his heart where the knife had entered twelve years earlier. His face was the picture of serenity. A light shone on it, forming a halo above his head. A close look revealed a barely perceptible rise and fall of his chest. To his right a young man dressed in a white robe sat ceremoniously on a rock, reminiscent of the scene that Mary Magdalene and Mary, the mother of Jesus, had seen three days after Jesus had been crucified.
As the visitors took their places, the nurses stopped what they were doing and stood off to the side. A portrait of Jesus hung on one wall. Eyes filled with compassion, he seemed to stare at the man in the bed. Reverend Luther himself had done the portrait when he was a resident in the Tarrant County jail many years before. The portrait had been moved to the City when the Chosen was at the height of his power.
The faithful silently witnessed the scene before them for five minutes before the young man on the rock started speaking.
“. . . as he cared for us in life we care for him as he lies in limbo before you. The ladies in white provide physical and pulmonary therapy three times a day. He does not need life support. He is on no regular medication. Occasionally, he blinks his eyes. Otherwise, he shows no sign of life. Yet, we know he lives and someday will rise to lead us again. It has been prophesied that on an anniversary of his near-death he will awaken. For twelve years, people like you have gathered here on that anniversary and prayed for his return. For whatever reason, God has not given him back to us. Now the lights are going to dim and you will be in total darkness. Do not be afraid. For the one minute that you are in darkness, think instead about the twelve years that the Chosen has been in darkness and pray silently to our God to return him to us.”
The lights dimmed as the lamps were snuffed out and the room went black. The visitors could not see their families beside them. They could only reach out and clasp hands. After about thirty seconds of silence, a woman in the crowd started crying, quietly at first before her crying turned to wailing and gasping for air. Then she sank to her knees as grief overwhelmed her.
“Woman, why are you weeping?” A voice, soft and weak, asked the question.
At first no one knew where it came from until the young man on the rock shouted, “Turn on the lights. It’s him!”
Copyright © 2004, 2008 by Larry D. Thompson. All rights reserved.
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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful.
Well-written, but stereotypical
By Suzie Eller
If you take every stereotype of religion and throw it into one character, you have T.J., a crooked, lying, charasmatic preacher, but I couldn't find a real person with real faith to balance him anywhere in this story. It's fiction; I understand that, but it's presented in a realistic manner in every other aspect, from the courtroom scenes (well-written) to the debate between pro-life and pro-choice (balanced).
But the view of the religious was so extreme and stereotyped that it lacked believability. The next John Grisham? I don't think so. An intriguing read? Sure.
14 of 17 people found the following review helpful.
Good Premise but Horrible Dialogue!
By Jennifer Sneed
While I will agree that this was an interesting read, I had a hard time reading it without laughing everytime someone spoke. The dialogue was horrible! And, the characters were mostly cookie cutter. I mean, do people talk to each other like this? "Hi, Matt, how are you doing?" "Well, hello there, Charlie, I am doing fine. " "Well, Matt, what do you think of this case?" "As a matter of fact, Charlie, being that I am a lawyer, I think it will go well." (Note: not quotes or characters from the book, just used as an example.) It was horrible! Who speaks the other person's name in every sentence or exchange of words? The worst was that the author had to have his characters explain why they thought the way they did. "Well, being an educated black woman, I think that...." I don't know how many times he had her remind us of that fact. Like he was afraid to put a character of a minority race in there without making sure that everyone knew she was an educated black woman. As it was, most of the characters were either stereotypical or grossly exagerated. And, I'll agree with the other reviewer that his "Upset" was cheap and cowardly. It would have been more interesting if he had played it out better.
That said, the premise for the plot was interesting and while I wouldn't say, "Don't read it," I also wouldn't recommend it as a great read. He really needs to work on his dialogue! It was very fake and horrible!
9 of 11 people found the following review helpful.
An exciting and entertaining book
By Nancy A. Kerr
I found this book to be an exciting read. His development of each of his characters was masterful and thoughtful. It is obvious that much research was performed in touching on the very controversial subject of abortion. His experience as a practicing attorney was evident as he presented both sides of this issue as well as the comradeship of attornies as they do battle in the courtroom representing their clients to the best of their abilities. A must read.
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