What if you were a UC Berkeley archaeology student stuck in first-century Jerusalem after a controversial physics experiment went horribly wrong? 

What if you knew the exact date when Roman troops would come sweeping into Jerusalem to crucify 3000 innocent people?

What if you could save some of those people -- not all of them, but the ones you loved -- only if you stayed there in Jerusalem yourself during the rampage?

Retribution is about making hard ethical choices between two wrongs. It's about digging deep when you just want to give up trying to help people who won't be helped. It's about asking why a good God would allow evil -- and becoming a badass fighter for justice while you wait for answers.

Retribution is a geeky historical romantic suspense adventure that takes you on a vacation to first-century Israel at the very beginning of the catastrophic Jewish revolt that ended with the burning of Jerusalem.

Retribution was originally published in 2004. It was a finalist for a Christy Award and won a Carol Award from ACFW in the Historical Fiction category.

Retribution is the third novel in the City of God series. The first book in the series is Transgression and the second is Premonition.