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The Story of B

Ishmael Series, Book 2

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The Story of B

By: Daniel Quinn
Narrated by: MacLeod Andrews
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From the author of the critically acclaimed, award-winning best seller Ishmael and its sequel, My Ishmael, comes a powerful novel with one of the most profound spiritual testaments of our time.

“A compelling ‘humantale’ that will unglue, stun, shock, and rearrange everything you’ve learned and assume about Western civilization and our future.” (Paul Hawken, author of The Ecology of Commerce)

Father Jared Osborne has received an extraordinary assignment from his superiors: Investigate an itinerant preacher stirring up deep trouble in Central Europe. His followers call him B, but his enemies say he’s something else: the Antichrist. However, the man Osborne tracks across a landscape of bars, cabarets, and seedy meeting halls is no blasphemous monster - though an earlier era would undoubtedly have rushed him to the burning stake. For B claims to be enunciating a gospel written not on any stone or parchment but in our very genes, opening up a spiritual direction for humanity that would have been unimaginable to any of the prophets or saviors of traditional religion. Pressed by his superiors for a judgement, Osborne is driven to penetrate B’s inner circle, where he soon finds himself an anguished collaborator in the dismantling of his own religious foundations.

More than a masterful novel of adventure and suspense, The Story of B is a rich source of compelling ideas from an author who challenges us to rethink our most cherished beliefs.

Explore Daniel Quinn’s spiritual Ishmael trilogy:

  • Ishmael
  • My Ishmael
  • The Story of B
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I didn’t think it was possible to follow up Ishmael, but somehow Daniel Quinn managed. The Story of B is a thought provoking masterpiece.

Eye Opening

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this idea shouldn't feel so novel when it answers to the core of my beliefs

the takers are taking what the leavers will leave

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I won’t be thinking of the world nor my actions or place within it in the same way, thankfully.

Profound

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I loved the way this book took over the story from not only another view but a whole nother side of the world! It was extremely exiting and deep as at times as well.
Off to the third book! ❤️😊🤷‍♂️😂

Great sequel!

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should be mandatory reading for all inhabitants of this planet. I thought Ishmael was mind opening, this is above and beyond, I will be teaching my children this and plan to read it many more times before I expire.

WOW

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I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Read Ishmael first. The two works,combined, are we all need to embrace right now.

What we all need to embrace right now

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Too all beginnings and all ends. May we never lose touch with the infinite wonder it is to be here. A toast to the end of trying, cheers to becoming who we are destined to be… Changed humans

Too all beginnings and all ends. May we never lose touch with the infinite wonder it is to be here

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This is one of those books that changes you. After reading it... I feel like I cannot see the world in the same way.

It's an amazing piece of work, and after reading it you will get a completely different perspective on life.

Worth reading for sure

Shocking, Disturbing, Amazing

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Constantly challenging everything you thought you understood. Absolutely love every book in the series

Life changing

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narrator was great. content thought provoking. kept skipping back to one spot instead of syncing where I left off, which was annoying.

worth your time

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