The lives of five men and the future of two nations rest on the faith of one man—God’s anointed. Fear, greed, faithlessness, and pride contrast against obedience in this unique telling of the most famous confrontation in history.

David arrives at the battle to find the Israelite army locked a forty-day stalemate brought on by the insistent challenges of the Philistine champion, Goliath. When no one fights Goliath, David determines to be chosen for the task.

iven by revenge, Goliath has vowed to destroy Israel. His plotting has brought him to this day, when he will become a legend, sealed by deeds in battle. A scrawny young man in shepherd’s clothes is all that stands in the way of immortal glory.

Five Stones is five perspectives of the familiar story. Each perspective builds on the one before to paint vibrant mosaic of the story you only thought you knew from Sunday School. Understand how David was chosen for the fight instead of Jonathan, see what Goliath was like, and witness the “man after God’s own heart” as he is presented to God’s people in spectacular fashion.

Five Stones was published in December of 2007 through Virtualbookworm. The story is a novella of 27,000 words long, and is truly five short stories that could each stand alone, but are stronger together. The perspectives are Eliab, Nacol, (Goliath's armor bearer) Jonathan, Goliath, and David. To fully appreciate the heart of David, it helps to contrast with the other significant participants in the story. Eliab was ruled by fear, Nacol by greed, Jonathan by loss of faith, and Goliath by pride and revenge. David was obedient and his pureness of heart was unheard of in those days.