{"product_id":"elijah-dove-robby-charters-9798258991690","title":"Elijah Dove: Man who Waits by the Waterfall: A First Contact Prequel to The Rat Queen Series","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is the story of Elijah Dove, who is said to have driven all the snakes out of Appalachia just like St. Patrick did from Ireland. He is also said to have called down fire from the sun.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis grandmother was a wild preacher woman who handled snakes. She's the one who prophesied that the child would move in the spirit of Elijah of old. But, Elijah's beginnings were that of an ordinary barefoot hillbilly boy from the hills of Harlan County, Kentucky.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter his grandmother died of a snakebite, is when his story begins. His road trip to \"discover America\" takes him on a truly mind-expanding journey. After time spent in the Air Force, where he learns computer engineering, he is assigned to work at Area 51.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first thing he learns there is that the stories of crashed UFOs and dissected aliens is all hogwash. Life in the top-secret test facility is sombre and mundane - \"The most boring place in the Galaxy\", says the first extraterrestrial he meets. Then, he suddenly finds out what's \u003ci\u003ereally\u003c\/i\u003e below the surface, as he's given a special job working with the Galactic Ambassador to Earth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn his excursions into the nearby desert for a bit of respite, he also gets to know a Navajo Franciscan monk who talks to the crows. From him, he learns that the crows call him, \"\u003ci\u003eMan who Waits by the Waterfall\"\u003c\/i\u003e - as well as a few other useful facts of life\u003ci\u003e. \u003c\/i\u003eHe also gets to know the \u003ci\u003eWandering Jew\u003c\/i\u003e, but also finds that we've had that story all wrong.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eElijah witnesses humanity's ascent into the galaxy, the beginnings of what becomes the backdrop of the \u003ci\u003eRat Queen\u003c\/i\u003e series (four books, so far, besides this one), and what happened to sever Earth from her interstellar colonies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is Christian fiction, but not what you're used to. It may even be a bit controversial. But, wasn't that so of Elijah of old? If you like a first contact science fiction thriller with a lot of surreal twists, then, hit the \"buy now\" button.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robby Charters\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798258991690\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/26\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 342\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.78lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.71d","brand":"Robby Charters","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49173214626047,"sku":"9798258991690","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/elijah-dove-robby-charters-9798258991690","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}