When a brilliant billionaire is diagnosed with inoperable brain cancer, he realizes that all his considerable wealth cannot prepare him to meet his Maker. But he as an idea that might: He will stage life's greatest reality show.

With his true agenda hidden, he auditions followers from all the world's major religions, inviting them to the trial of their lives on a remote island, defending their spiritual beliefs against all challenges.

Oliver Finney, a feisty old judge with his own secrets, is "chosen" to defend Christianity. As the program takes a strange twist, he quickly realizes that he's trapped in a game of deadly agendas that may cost him his life. With internet access monitored, Finney sends coded messages to his former law clerk, Nikki Moreno.

Aided by a teen crypto-geek, Nikki soon discovers the key to understanding Finney's clues in an apologetics book, The Cross Examination of Jesus Christ. In a unique twist, readers are invited to join Nikki in a race against time as she struggles to decipher the mysteries contained the the ancient words of Christ before her former boss dies defending them.

Best-selling author Randy Singer offers an innovative, new suspense thriller that will have you scrambling with Nikki to track down and decipher the clues - and come away with a stronger faith.

Cross Examination of Oliver Finney is published by WaterBrook Press, a division of Random House, Inc.