The Reboot E-Book

Stephen W. Hiemstra

• Herausgeber: T2Pneuma Publishers LLC
• Kategorie: Für Kinder und Jugendliche
• Sprache: Englisch

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2025

Beschreibung

What happens when we take on someone else’s ambition and forget who we are? Tom’s true identity is revealed when he acts out of his calling and discovers who he was created to be.

Tom discovers in college at age eighteen that he has many talents, even studying medicine that would please his grandparents who support him and his family. But, studying medicine contradicts his desire to follow his father into law enforcement and would mean the end of his relationship with his true love, Micha.

After a long run, Tom lays down for a nap and wakes up in AD 15 on the road to Sepphoris in ancient Israel where he meets an eighteen-year Jeez (AKA Jesus), who has also been tempted to wander away from his calling. Together, as Roman auxiliaries they travel to Caesarea Philippi and to Rome at the request of King Antipas of Galilee while pursued by a ruthlessly ambitious Herodias.

Leseprobe

Contents

Endorsements

Other Works by the Author

Map of Ancient Israel

Title Page

Copyright

ACT ONE

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

ACT TWO

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

Chapter Eight

ACT THREE

Chapter Nine

Chapter Ten

Chapter Eleven

Chapter Twelve

ACT FOUR

Chapter Thirteen

Chapter Fourteen

Chapter Fifteen

About

Notes

ENDORSEMENTS

IN THE REBOOT, Stephen Hiemstra masterfully weaves a story that is both imaginative and deeply grounded in timeless truths. With characters that wrestle with faith, identity, and purpose, Hiemstra invites readers into a world where the struggles of youth and the echoes of history collide in surprising ways. This is a compelling read that lingers in the heart long after the last page.

Eric Teitelman

House of David Ministries

I recommend Stephen’s book most heartily. He is a most learned man who writes with skills that make his books understandable and valuable. He can surprise the reader with the unexpected. Then, he can come to a conclusion that is gratifying to the reader. He is a gifted communicator!

Percy M. Burns

Author of Glorious Freedom

The Reboot, a sequel to Jeez and the Gentile, transports college student Tom back to the times of Jesus, where together with Jeez Tom travels along bandit-ravaged trails in Israel and then takes a highly risky sea journey to Rome, all the while embroiled in the dangerous politics of the Roman empire.

This is a multi-dimensional story, revealing both adventurous life in the world of Christ 2000 years ago, and at the same time the character development of Tom and Jesus himself. It’s a great read for any young adult curious about life in the age of Jesus, and how this all relates to life today.

Brien Benson

Fairfax Collegiate

What a thrill to adventure again with the Fearsome Threesome. For those new to Scripture, biblical truths unfold with surprising clarity at the nexus of modern language and ancient context. For more seasoned scripture readers, familiar voices and scenes reemerge, intricately woven into a narrative tapestry of carefully researched practices and places.

Alexis Anderson

Communications strategist, Bible scholar, and mom of 3 teens.

In Stephen Hiemstra's split-time novel, The Reboot, the sword of Tiberius, Poseidon’s storm, Pan's Gates of Hell, and the intrigues of the Judeo-Roman world are interwoven in Jeez and Tom's search for the callings on their lives. Tom discovers his calling as he returns to his time. Jeez answers the call of a broken world.

Sharron Giambanco

The author again takes Tom on an adventurous journey back in time. The college-aged Tom returns again to Nazareth and collaborates with Jeez and Mary Magdalene. The three travel as Roman auxiliaries from Caesarea to Rome, combating danger along the way and meeting historical characters from Biblical times. Amid their service as Roman guards, both Tom and Jeez face the dilemmas regarding their future callings. If you enjoy time travel, adventure and the history and culture of the first century Roman Empire, this book is for you.

Claudette Renalds,

Author of four novels including Rescuing Grace

This novella focuses on a theme we struggle with today more than ever—identity, especially our identity in Jesus Christ. In this book we can follow the trials of a young college student, Tom, who—like us—has too easily strayed from his calling, but with Jesus’ help finds his way back. This book is perfect for anyone who has wondered what to do when the path forward is less than obvious.

Sofía Martínez Lafarga

Video Blogger1

Other Books by the Author

Image of God Series

Image of God in the Parables2

Image of the Holy Spirit and the Church2

Image of God in the Person of Jesus

Christian Spirituality Series

A Christian Guide to Spirituality1

Life in Tension2

Called Along the Way

Simple Faith

Living in Christ

Image and Illumination

Masquerade Series3

Masquerade

The Detour

Christmas in Havana

Jeez and the Gentile Series3

Jeez and the Gentile

The Reboot

Prayerbooks

Everyday Prayers for Everyday People

Prayers2

Prayers of a Life in Tension

1 Also available in Spanish and German.

2 Also available in Spanish.

3 These books have been adapted as screenplays.

MAP OF ANCIENT ISRAEL

THE REBOOT

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Stephen W. Hiemstra

The Reboot

Copyright ©2025 Stephen W. Hiemstra

ISNI: 0000-0000-2902-8171

All rights reserved.

This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead is coincidental.

With the except of short excerpts used in articles and critical reviews, no part of this work may be reproduced, transmitted, or stored in any form whatsoever, printed or electronic, without prior written permission of the publisher.

Names: Hiemstra, Stephen W., 1953-, author. Title: The Reboot / Stephen W. Hiemstra. Series: Jeez and the Gentile Description: Centreville, VA: T2Pneuma Publishers LLC, 2025. Identifiers: LCCN: 2025918740 | ISBN: 978-1-942199-64-9 (paperback) | 978-1-942199-91-5 (KDP) | 978-1-942199-55-7 (epub) Subjects: LCSH Jesus Christ--Fiction. | Time travel--Fiction. | Israel--History--Fiction. | Rome--History—Tiberius, 42 B.C.-39 A.D.--Fiction | Coming of age--Fiction. | Christian fiction. | BISAC YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Religious / Christian / General | YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Religious / Christian / Historical | YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Religious / Christian / Action & Adventure Classification: LCC PS3608.I46 R43 2025 | DDC 813.6--dc23

All Scripture quotations, unless otherwise indicated, are taken from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version, Copyright © 2000; 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

Many thanks to my editors Jean Arnold, Claudette Renalds, and Harim Sanchez. I would also like to recognize comments by Paul Lauerman.

The cover art is called The Grotto of Pan by C. Hiemstra. Used with permission.

CHAPTER ONE

AT ELEVEN O’CLOCK on a chilly Thursday evening, May 12th, an eighteen-year-old freshman, Thomas Timmerman, who goes by Tom, studied in his dorm room in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Late as it was, Tom sat at his desk, looking like a preppie Marine with his crew-cut light-brown hair, blue button-down shirt and striped tie, and khaki pants. Resting with its head on Tom’s lap, is a golden retriever, Climate.

Tom’s cell phone buzzed, Climate jumps, and he noticed a text from his perky, big-eyed girlfriend, Micha, who bristled at the mention of her Americanized name and still lived in warmer McLean, Virginia, waitressed at her parent’s Korean-American restaurant, and attended the community college. Tom picked up his phone.

Micha: What’s up?

Micha sat on a couch dressed in an oversized pink Sailor Moon T-shirt and white shorts. Her long black hair, perfectly combed, flowed down her back. Athletic, thin-boned, and wearing no make-up, she debated to herself whether or not her preppie Marine had hung up his blue blazer yet.

Tom: I’m studying biology.

Micha smiled. The blue blazer was clearly hung up.

Micha: Biology? What’s with biology? I thought you studied criminal justice.

Tom: I'm pre-med now.

Micha scratched her head.

Micha: What happened to following dad’s footsteps and the police officer plan?

Tom: My grandparents pushed me to consider medicine.