“Privileged Calvin had every reason to pray and revel in God’s kindness, but I, that night, looked heavenward with a scowl....”

“‘God above, if you are there, you are most unkind to me...Therefore, will I not serve you, will I not worship you, will I not obey you. Henceforth, I give of myself to those powers that most work against you, against your will and ways, and against your servants.’

“It is a prayer that invigorated me, made me feel emancipated from divine oppression and injustice, the master of myself and my fortunes, the bold possessor of new freedoms.”

So begins the private war of one man determined to sell all for a convoluted allegiance, even at the cost of his own soul. Told from the perspective of a sworn lifelong enemy of John Calvin, this fast-paced biographical novel is a tale of envy that escalates to violent intrigue and shameless betrayal.

Anything Doug Bond writes is, almost now by definition, a fascinating read. But to have his skills attached to the life of John Calvin is a double treat.— Joel Belz, founder, World Magazine

An exciting read, almost effortlessly and implicitly undoing caricatures about Calvin along the way...Calvin and his times brought to life in a page-turner! — Joel R. Beeke, president, Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary