Rob Summers: 17 books

Worries, fears, and stress--the people of minister Jeremiah Burroughs' congregations had them in 1645 during the English Civil War. His call to faithful contentment was a comfort to them then and has been to many readers in the centuries since. Now his classic text has been reworded in modern English...

If Dignity (formerly Pride) and Reason could only publish their book 'The Pride Story,' God would be glorified and, incidentally, they would make buckets of money. So why is security expert Miss Obscurity sabotaging their efforts? And does Reason’s old friend Bits Bitterly really just want to help...

Dignity and Reason have suffered much stress and misery because of their cousin Guiles, his daughter Prevarica, and the rest of the Leasing family. Now Guiles leaves Dignity the responsibility for bankrupt and neglected Founders Grove park, and it will take miracles—and a really good lawyer—to...

Young Mr. Pride marries Miss Doubt, causing grief to his cousin Miss Reason; and soon Doubt persuades Pride to welcome into Pride House her friends Worry, Tedium, and Confusion. Then, to make matters worse, Pride becomes infatuated with Miss Fame Vainglory, the City’s most desirable beauty, and...

Hila Grant attends a charismatic house church that is being taken over by a highly questionable teacher. Because she tends to overdo it when challenging false teachers, she does not want to oppose Mrs. Vortgern. How can she take a stand for her faith without becoming self-righteous and vindictive? Meanwhile,...

When a house collapses in his Sandhill Street neighborhood, Dignity has to decide whether to offend his parents, Neglect and Folly, by telling them what really happens to the homeless of the City. But in dealing with Neglect, Folly, and some other disagreeable relatives, Dignity and Reason don’t...

Innkeeper Bob Himmel’s rotten teenage cousin Deirdre appears destined to become a hardened criminal—or just possibly a Mage. She thinks either will do as long as she can get out of dead-end Rayburn County, Indiana. But if a Mage, will she accept electrifying Mrs. Rollins as a mentor? Or a Curse...

For five hundred years Queen Tanaquill has ruled Faerie splendidly by herself. She does not need any help from young Magi, whether to meet threats from Queen Morgan Le Fay, from a so-called King of Terrors, or from her own bad temper. But Tanaquill owes a humbling debt to Deirdre the Damned and may yet be indebted to another of her guests whom the Faerie Court calls the Queen of Death.

So distant ancestors of Simone and Clay Gareth were royal? And the family reigned in a hidden continent not found on any map? Heirs to an empire, this teenage brother and sister are about to leave Indiana and enter the lost realm called the Fold, a land inhabited partly by humans and partly by intelligent but non-human species; a land of mysteries, dangers, and wars.

River Grove Community Church voted out elder Ollie Fulborne, who was under suspicion of heresy and of sexually harassing a young teenage girl. But Ollie had been the driving force behind the church. Now, two years later, with numbers dwindling and church debt piling up, the people are considering...

If young church deacon Stan Morrison is to save his friends Bob and Julie from a dangerous fantasy of being innkeepers for wizards, he must first find out what is really happening at Wizards’ Inn. He must also overcome his infatuation with Deirdre the Damned, and above all, not fall through a magic...

In a spaceship equipped with a powerful secret weapon, eleven-year-old Jill and her father must try to change the course of a space war. After piloting the ship in a wildly risky raid on the enemy’s largest space station, Jill will attempt to rescue a young alien sister and brother. Wherever she...

The remote planet Narlash 4 appears to be the quiet home of a farm family. Few know it is the site of a secret, underground City of Robots. Pre-teen Jill Titan knows, and is thrilled to be going there with her father, a famed physicist. Before long she will find that there are mysterious goings-on...

‘Safe’ in a wanna-be Mega Church, Hila has to choose sides in a dispute about the authority of the Bible. Meanwhile, a lot of people would much rather she didn’t date Jeff Fontaine, including his parents—and hers. Her new church offers support groups for children of dysfunctional families,...