his dark thriller starts out by presenting us with a world of very contemporary realities and challenges. The main character Lam is a popular lecturer in a small-town part of the world of very conservative and Christian value. However, Lam believes in free speech and the right for individuals to make up their own minds about things - something that could be viewed as corrupting youth. When he starts receiving threatening letters on the campus he does not take these too seriously. When he is attacked and his family harassed too, his priorities sion start to change.

A lot of the drama involves the tension that grows between himself and his peace-loving wife, who had always been much too liberal to tolerate her husband's new status as gun owner. Also, questions arise on how confidential the confessions of a student should be if there is any chance such a student might be potentially dangerous.

From a thriller point of view there is the odd twist and turn before the identity of the stalker is revealed. By that time, Lam certainly now perceives his familiar world as consisting g mainly of alien territory.

This is definitely one of the better indie novels within this genre that I have encountered. Recommended.

In an ever-popular battle between the Christian right and the socially liberal left, Guinn delivers Lam Corso, open minded professor and unwitting martyr to the cause. When Corso's life is threatened, the level-headed academic looks for any reason not to worry. In doing so, he places himself and his entire family in the path of a madman bent on avenging his own family while carrying a banner for Christian conservatism.

Sacrificial Lam spends a good portion of its pages reading more like a caper than a thriller, lulling the reader into a false sense of security that the threats are no more than idle pranks. But when Guinn gets going, characters are thrust into real danger and forced to do battle not only with their tormentors, but with their own internal demons as well.