Note from the author

About this book:

- It is historical fiction written under the assumption that the Bible and historians of antiquity provide for us true information.

- It is a book that considers real time and typical human behavior.

- It is a book that speculates on the situations surrounding the phenomenal character of Daniel, who served under three world rulers and held the position of prime minister under the first and the third, all while in Babylon, the cradle of perversity. At the end of his life, this same man was addressed by an angel as “you who are highly esteemed.” He lived in favor with both God and man. How did he do it in this setting?

- It is a book that illustrates Daniel as a personage pleasing to both God and man in a setting in which these two are usually mutually exclusive.

- It is a book that shows how Daniel, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego might have handled the tough decisions they faced.

This book is not:

- A book that will give canned answers to difficult questions.

- A book that provides answers to our issues today. The reader must personally draw all parallels to modern-day issues.

- A book that deals with Daniel’s latter-day prophecies.

This book will have special appeal to:

- Those who have done business cross-culturally and faced the maze of gray areas inherent to this endeavor.

- Those who are high enough in the business, political, or military world to face multiple catch 22 decisions.

- Those who face difficult moral issues.

- Those who enjoy a good historically based work of fiction.