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Two books for the questions that matter most

One makes the case for faith with evidence. The other tells a story of coming home to it.

The Second Shore by Faith Marlowe – book cover showing a seaside house above a rocky shore at sunset

A novel by Faith Marlowe · Out now · Released 31 October 2026

The Second Shore

A home she meant to leave. Letters she never expected to find.

Nell Calloway returns to Amity Harbor to settle her grandmother’s estate. In Ruth’s house, she finds a box of letters addressed to God—honest words about love, loss, and questions that never received easy answers. Each of the six parts closes with a Scripture-based reflection connecting Nell’s journey with biblical themes of grace, lament, mercy, service, restoration and hope. Reader resources and the book trailer are available at Faith Marlowe Books, including a Christian Book Club Discussion Guide and a Scripture Companion.

Nell expected to close the house and move on. Instead, the letters draw her back into memories she has kept at a distance, while quiet acts of kindness make the place she once left feel unfamiliar and possible again.

A gentle, searching novel about grief, belonging, and the courage to come home.

Grief

An honest portrait of loss that makes room for sorrow without rushing to tidy answers.

Belonging

A small harbor town and its quiet kindnesses slowly turn a place Nell left into somewhere she might stay.

Coming home

A story of coming home to the God who never left, told through one woman’s letters to Him.

Six-volume reference · Pre-launch

The Encyclopaedia of Christian Apologetics

Equip your mind. Defend your faith. Anchor your family.

The definitive reference guide to culture’s toughest questions, with the academic rigour of the seminary classroom and the clarity needed for the kitchen table. Across six volumes it covers philosophy of religion, biblical archaeology, ancient history, textual criticism, science and faith, ethics, comparative religion and responses to atheism.

Arguments for God

Cosmological, contingency, moral, fine-tuning and consciousness arguments, with skeptical alternatives stated fairly.

The biblical evidence

Manuscripts, the Dead Sea Scrolls, canon formation and archaeology, with maps of the ancient Near East placed in context.

Jesus and the resurrection

The historical Jesus, Gospel reliability, miracles, the crucifixion, the empty tomb and the resurrection appearances.

Get the first 3 entries free + 20% off at launch

Suggested launch pricing: Kindle volumes from A$9.99 · paperbacks from A$29.95 · hardbacks from A$49.95. Complete collection from A$39.99 (Kindle).