A novel
A Novel of Sin and Redemption, Inspired by the life of
St. Moses the Black
Moe ruled the city with gun and fist. In a single night, he lost everything.
Hunted and out of options, he finds sanctuary at an Orthodox monastery, where an elder meets his violence with unyielding grace. As his old life claws him back, Moe must choose: revenge or redemption. The cross, or the gun.
Moses: the Cross and the Gun is a contemporary reimagining of the ancient story of Saint Moses the black, rooted in the wisdom of the Desert Fathers.
“A remarkable modern rendition… Elgamal conveys both the scandal and the beauty of the life of St. Moses the Strong.”
— Fr. Anthony Mourad, St. George & St. Anthony Coptic Orthodox Church
“In imaginative, un-sanitized prose, Elgamal has captured the spirit of one of the greatest stories of repentance in the orthodox tradition… This novelization is a true gift.”
— Sherry Shenoda, author of Mummy Eaters and The Lightkeeper
For mature readers seeking a faith-rooted literary thriller.
Ideal for Orthodox Christians, Catholics, and Christians drawn to stories of repentance, spiritual struggle, and redemption.
A powerful addition to faith libraries, book clubs, and parish bookstores seeking serious, uncompromising fiction grounded in the Church Fathers.
If you would be victorious, taste the suffering of Christ in your person, that you may be chosen to taste his glory. For years and generations the way of God has been made smooth through the Cross and by death. The way to God is a daily Cross.
The Cross is the gate of mysteries.
Saint Isaac the Syrian
