Overview
Falling Stars...Do They Ever Rise Again?Brent Stark thinks his days as a leading actor are over until God--in the form of a visionary tycoon--offers him the role of a lifetime.
Celia Breach vows never to forgive Brent for the hurts he inflicted. Can she manage the unthinkable and trust him again?
Bobby Dupree, a southern entrepreneur with a revolutionary idea for filmmaking, sets out to make a new kind of movie. He has all the faith he needs, but none of the know-how.
Shari Khan is determined to succeed in Hollywood at any cost. Backed by an influential studio, she makes it her personal mission to destroy Brent's "shoestring" production.
So begins the battle: an unlikely group of has-beens, armed with only faith and vision, against all the money and power Hollywood can wield against them.
It's "David against Goliath" and Brent is fresh out of stones....
DAVIS BUNN is an award-winning novelist whose audience spans reading genres from high drama and action thrillers to heartwarming relationship stories, in both contemporary and historical settings. He and his wife, Isabella, make their home in Florida for most of the year, and spend the rest near Oxford, England, where they each teach and write.
Editorials
Christian Retailing
A story of struggle, intrigue, and faith-in-action that will delight . . . [an] inspirational, suspenseful thriller - the result is mesmerizing.Publishers Weekly
In this page-turner reminiscent of The Devil Wears Prada, Bunn alternates between the story of Brent Stark, an Oscar-winning actor and recovering addict who has converted to Christianity in prison, and Shari Khan, a Hollywood underling looking for her big break. When a Nashville-based businessman decides to start a film company, he asks Brent to direct the first movie-a Daniel Boone biopic that eschews "political correctness" and returns Boone to "the pedestal." Conversely, Shari uses knowledge of this independent venture to catapult herself to the upper echelons of the major studio where she is a lowly personal assistant. Soon enough, she is spearheading efforts to get the studio's own Boone biopic, one that vilifies Boone and sympathizes with Native Americans, released first. Bunn's treatment of the ensuing David and Goliath drama is well-paced and entertaining. This novel, like the Christian film at its center, provides an alternative for conservative Christian audiences looking for entertainment that reaffirms both their political and theological values. The Hollywood insiders here are self-serving criminals who cynically promote liberal values in their films, while the Christian filmmakers are stratospherically successful, wealthy, and the beneficiaries of many miracles, all of which affirm that God is in their corner. While not to all tastes, this novel is sure to please fans and increase Bunn's readership. (Sept.)
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After being released from prison after serving a six-year sentence, actor Brent Stark thinks his movie days are over until a Southern businessman proposes he direct a new kind of film. However, first he needs forgiveness from Celia, who is not sure she can bury the past and accept the born-again Brent. Bunn (Heartland) lives in Florida and England.
—Tamara Butler