PLEASE NOTE: This novel has not yet been placed with a publisher. Please apply by email to Ron's agent, DARIN(click) Below is an introductory, synoptic excerpt:

 "But why should it matter to anyone?" said Jeffrey.

"It matters," said Golding, "because the Christian Church is the single body, if I can say it like that, who are responsible for everything we do today. Social norms, economic principles, political structures, legislative priorities, philosophical perspectives, ecological morality, archaeological interests, the lot. The founding thought behind all that we have done for the last two millenia is religious thought. These satanic verses are precisely what has governed all our national, and international, imperatives."

"When you put it like that, Francis," said Jeffrey. "I'd have to agree. Only I never really thought about it. But just because the Church got it wrong, doesn't mean we have to ditch everything."

Golding took his eye off the rising seas for a second, and glanced at Jeffrey's face.

"Well," he said. "You're young yet. And the churches are hoping that nobody will get to wondering too much, too soon."

The dhow set up a yawing motion in response to the confused waves.

This is the webpage of Ron McLachlan's fifth novel, The Saviour. Crucifixion? Was Jesus really crucified? Was Mary a virgin? Was Jesus a carpenter? Did He really do Miracles? What was the real Mission of Messiah? Was Jesus Married? Was Mary Magdalene Jesus' wife? Did Jesus have any  sexuality? Fact or Fiction? Find out by reading the novel of the decade: The Saviour. Or was he a terrorist, in modern parlance? Was the Kingdom of Heaven, only a complete Jewish homeland, and not a global concern? Was Jesus a Stonemason priest, a healer, an exorcist? The revelations in this novel will shock, and astound, many readers, and will rock the very foundations of western culture. It is the Christian equivalent of Rushdie's 'Satanic Verses.' It is the must-read book to start a millennium of new religious  revelations that will tear apart the teachings of Saint Paul, and the churches, formed after the Council of Nicaea.

Work on Ron’s fourth novel, The Saviour, was completed in May 2007. This philosophically shocking story represents a departure into completely new ground for the author. The story is based on three years of research into biblical literature, and scripture, including recently discovered papyri from the Holy Lands, as well as from Egypt. The Infancy Gospels of Thomas, the Gnostic Gospels, the Secret Books of Thomas, Philip, Barnabus, Judas – even the almost unknown gospel of Jesus Christ, the so-called Fifteenth Scroll, as well as the Gospel of Mary Magdalene, the Berlin Codex, and the ancient Pistis Sophia, together with new archaeological finds, form the factual basis of this novel. Many secrets of the Freemasons were also researched, with the author interviewing high-ranking Masons, to provide the understanding for this ground-breaking work, which will astound many in the western world with its revelations regarding the state of Christianity at the beginning of the twenty-first Century.