THE STORY
At the edges of an empire, three lives begin to diverge.
The Far Country follows three men of the same family whose journeys carry them across the edges of the Roman world—only to draw them back toward Judea as questions of power, faith, identity, and belonging begin to collide.
Yeshua seeks resistance.
Matthias searches for freedom.
Joseph pursues order and righteousness.
Each believes he understands the road ahead. Each will discover that the far country is not always a place on a map.
THREE MEN · THREE PATHS
Different roads. The same restless world.
Across the edges of the Roman world, each man searches for something different—and carries a different idea of where he belongs.
RESISTANCE
GERMANIA
Yeshua leaves Judea determined to learn how Rome can be resisted. Beyond the empire’s frontier, he finds purpose among people who refuse to submit—and begins to discover the cost of becoming the kind of man resistance demands.
WANDERING
ANATOLIA · ARMENIA
Matthias follows opportunity farther from home, drawn by freedom, ambition, and the promise of a larger world. But distance does not bring clarity. The farther he travels, the less certain he becomes of who he is—or what he is searching for.
RIGHTEOUSNESS
JERUSALEM
Joseph remains closer to home, building a disciplined life shaped by law, responsibility, and the desire to restore honor to his family. But the return of those he thought he understood begins to test the certainty on which that life has been built.
THE WORLD OF THE NOVEL
From the Roman frontier to the roads of Judea.
The Far Country moves across the breadth of the first-century Roman world—a landscape of imperial power, ancient cultures, contested borders, trade routes, religious conviction, and restless people searching for where they belong.
AT THE HEART OF THE STORY
For each man, the answer will demand something different.
THE STORY CONTINUES
Book One of a four-book saga.
The Far Country begins a larger story following these intertwined lives through a world approaching extraordinary change. The saga will continue through conflict, revelation, loss, and the emergence of a movement that will come to be known as the Way.
BOOK ONE
THE FAR COUNTRY
CURRENT / FEATURED
BOOK TWO
COMING LATER
BOOK THREE
COMING LATER
BOOK FOUR
COMING LATER
A story of empire, faith, wandering, and the long road home.
THE READER LIST
Go Beyond the Story
Receive occasional notes on history, research, writing, and the world behind The Far Country—along with news about future books.
No noise. Just thoughtful notes when there is something worth sharing.