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David Ponder is back—and this time,the fate of mankind may be in his hands.
This is humanity’s last chance. Centuries of greed, pride,and hate have sent mankind hurtling toward disaster, and farfrom its original purpose. There is only one solution that canreset the compass and right the ship—and that answer is onlytwo words.
With time running out, it is up to David Ponder and acast of history’s best and brightest minds to uncover this solutionbefore it is too late. The catch? They are allowed only fivetries to solve the ominous challenge.
Readers first encountered David Ponder in the New YorkTimes bestseller The Traveler’s Gift. Now, in The Final Summit,Andrews combines a riveting narrative with astounding historyin order to show us the one thing we must do when wedon’t know what to do.
“Every generation or so, God produces a person who can communicatelike no one else. His words are like cool water to a thirstycivilization. Andy Andrews is one of the best I have ever seen.”
—Zig Ziglar, America’s #1 Motivator and Best-Selling author
“Is it possible to mix C. S. Lewis, Alfred Hitchcock, and Tony Robbins?The Final Summit is a unique and powerful blend of mystery andsuspense and principles and emotional fire. Wow! Bring your highlighterto this party. You’ll want to remember every word!”
—Hal Sutton, PGA Champion
This standalone sequel to The Traveler's Gift tracks the story of a fictional character's pursuit of life's core truths. Presented as a timeless parable, The Final Summit follows David Ponder as he attempts to save mankind with the deepest lessons of humankind's wisdom and experience. Another powerful motivational tale by Andy Andrews, the author The Butterfly Effect and The Heart Mender.
His wife had loved the smell of coffee. With his eyes closed, he inhaled slowly. The pleasant aroma drifted through his imagination as it gained traction and took him to Peter Island in the Caribbean. He remembered their honeymoon, the sand on the beach, and the heavy fragrance of the Blue Mountain coffee that permeated every room in the resort.
They had gone back to the British Virgin Islands many times through the years. And they always stayed at the same place—Peter Island Resort. Even when they could have bought the resort, Ellen insisted they stay in one of the less expensive rooms, one like they had enjoyed so many years ago.
Years ago. How many years ago? David Ponder flicked the pieces of the coffee bean out into the night sky and turned to go back inside. Fifty-five stories. He was more than seven hundred feet up in the rarefied air of a warm Dallas night. Moving toward his front door, David started to go inside, but he stopped instead and sat down in a rocking chair on the porch.
"Seventy-four," David said aloud. "I am seventy-four years old. How ...?" David drew his hands up as if to use them for emphasis. But there was nothing to emphasize and no one to talk to, in any case, so he folded his hands back in his lap and closed his eyes.
David had been moderately successful as a young man, struggling early in his career with a new wife and a child. At one point, as an executive in his midforties, just when things seemed to be going well, he was laid off. The firing had been done in a cruel manner, and things seemed to go from bad to worse. But then, there had been an odd, singular event in David's life that had changed everything. It was what close friends and family referred to as "the accident." But it had been no accident—it had been a gift. And with his knowledge of the Seven Decisions for Success, David's fortunes had soared.
He knew that his time travel had been real. It was not a dream or hallucination as a result of coma from the automobile accident. The Seven Decisions he had gathered from the lives of the other Travelers had changed everything. Not just for David and Ellen, but for hundreds of thousands of others with whom he had gone on to share the decisions.
Working in real estate and as a developer, David had become hugely successful. In addition to the money he generously shared, he freely taught the principles he had used to create wealth. David became recognizable and was often referred to as an example of a rags-to-riches story. No doubt, he was on a roll. But David made a mistake. Call it what you will—a stock market debacle, a mortgage disaster, or a bad economy—David did the one thing his daddy had always told him not to do: he spent more money than he had. The lenders called the notes. And he was bankrupt at the age of fifty-five.
The boat, the cars, two houses, jewelry—Ellen's jewelry— had all disappeared. At first, he had been stunned. David stood in his yard one night and shouted at God. Oh, he knew God was there. That was no longer an issue. After all, he had been a Traveler. He—David Ponder—had accepted from the hands of history the very principles he had used to create a fortune. And now this?
David yelled. He screamed and cursed the air.
But God did not respond.
Their daughter, Jenny, had been home from college when the bankruptcy had been filed, and of course, she was terribly embarrassed. But there was nothing to be done. All their employees were gone—the lone exception being young Gloria Jackson and her husband, who took an apartment near the unit David and Ellen had secured for themselves. Jenny got a job in Austin, continued her education, and life went on.
David and Ellen worked here and there. He as a consultant or a facilitator, she as a neighborhood concierge—a "Girl Friday," she called herself. Financially, it was enough to get by. Some nights David would bring out the tobacco pouch that he guarded carefully and rustle through its contents as if to convince himself one more time that, yes, it had all really happened.
Ellen didn't know what to think, really, during those dark days. She loved David, and while he had never told anyone else about his conversations with the people he referred to as "the Travelers"—he had told her. She wanted desperately to believe the crazy story he insisted on rehashing night after night. True, she did not have any idea where else in the world he might've found an antique tobacco pouch with seven priceless missives crammed into it. Or how he possibly could have gotten it all together that day. She had checked—there had been only twenty minutes between the time he'd been fired from Marshall's Hardware and the wreck.
Of course, craziest of all—the Seven Decisions had worked. That part of it was no secret. As David healed from the accident, he had become a different person, and eventually he began to make a lot of money. It all seemed to be a fairy tale come true ... until their financial ruin.
But even the bankruptcy had its positive side. Ellen and David had reconnected in a way they had not experienced since college. They were closer—better friends than they had ever been—and "things" seemed not to matter as much as before. The media's barrage during the very public way their business failed had been tough, but it served to reveal a few true friends, and for that they were grateful.
"Adversity is preparation for greatness," David had said suddenly to Ellen one night in their apartment. "Harry Truman told me that." Noting her surprised expression, he added, "You can sit there with your 'My husband is nuts' look if you want to, but I am going to take the man at his word!"
"Calm down, David," Ellen had replied evenly. "I don't think you're any crazier than I usually do, but what are you talking about?"
David explained excitedly. "One of the things President Truman told me when I ..." He paused, still for an instant as he mentally edited. "Oh, you know what happened. Well, anyway ..." David moved his hands quickly as if to erase his words, then continued, his thoughts bubbling up at once.
"Truman said ..." David stopped again. "I didn't call him that, of course. I didn't call him 'Truman.' I called him Mr. President ... Oh, whatever." David waved his hands again.
"'Adversity is preparation for greatness' is what the man said. He also talked to me about responsibility. And here is what I know about our current situation: I caused our adversity with a variety of bad choices. I have now learned from those bad choices. The Seven Decisions for Success that I used before are timeless. It was my lack of wisdom that caused the disaster, Ellen!
"So I am saying this. We are through with the 'adversity' part of this experience. Right now—tonight—I call an end to it. It is time to run again. We are not lacking money. We are not lacking time. We are not lacking energy or leadership. We are only lacking an idea."
It had not been eloquent, but Ellen understood what her husband meant, and she was excited to see a fire in his eyes again. Within a few months, the idea David sought had come to him. It turned out to be a simple piece of software combining graph theory and aspect-oriented programming that allowed any business a way to integrate accounting strategies, billing procedures, and tax plans with any other business or client—from state to state or country to country.
"It was simple," David said to the Dallas Morning News. "I learned the concept in my tenth-grade algebra class. It's an idea anyone could have had. Honestly, I'm really not all that smart."
But smart or not, the idea had been worth a lot of money.
That one concept, combined with David's understanding and application of the Seven Decisions, paved the way to a creation of a whole new empire. Because this business wasn't tied to a particular "thing" like a house or a retail item, it was an entirely new way of adding value to the lives of people, whether they owned a large business or a small one. The software saved time, money, paper, and frustration—and because of it, Ponder International rose like a phoenix into the sky. How it happened was pure Texas legend.
After public negotiations and a zoning change that made the news, David bought property and announced plans for a fabulous skyscraper. Within five minutes of unveiling the artist's rendering for the city fathers, on camera, David declared to a disbelieving assemblage that the skyscraper would be built without a loan. "We will pay as we go" were his exact words. Immediately, without a vote, everyone decided that David Ponder was crazy. He had gone from hero to buffoon in one press conference.
At first, when they realized he was serious, no construction company would accept the contract. But he let the bidders wait until they were hungry, showed his money at the right time, and the white granite tower began to rise. Once, he stopped construction when cash reserves ran low—that made the news—but he had vowed never again to borrow any money. And he didn't.
When the tower was finished, the first thing David did was take the Ponder name off it. "This is not about me," he said when he cut the ribbon. "This is not about being the biggest or the first or the prettiest. This has been—and still is—about jobs for our area and working together as a community.
"I wanted to prove to myself—and some other folks in this country—that a big business can be run and major projects can be managed without debt or tragic disagreements between labor and management."
So David Ponder had won after all. Without a loan, he had erected a fifty-five-story building—one floor for each year of what he called his first financial life. Of course, at that point, the skyscraper was only a part of the Ponder fortune. Which made David's next financial move even more astounding. He gave it all away.
With expert legal help, David and Ellen Ponder created foundations and charitable trusts around the world. Their daughter, Jenny, and her husband were tapped to oversee the whole thing.
David and Ellen retired. Except for occasional trips to the Caribbean and the speaking engagements David continued to do—most of them for free—the couple preferred to stay close to home. "Home" was the entire top floor of the skyscraper, a fabulous penthouse David had created for his wife. With Ellen's eye for interior design and a collection of furniture and art gathered during their years of travel, it was what they had always dreamed of: a place of beauty and privacy for their family and friends as they grew older.
The home, set above the city as it was, had become a source of curiosity for the media. Other than helicopter shots of the pool and a garden David had installed for Ellen, the penthouse itself had never been filmed or photographed.
David opened his eyes and sniffed loudly as he rocked, looking over the porch and pool. He gazed beyond the railing and saw the Magnolia Building with its trademark flying red horse on top. Over to the right glowed the green argon lights of the National Bank skyscraper. As a child, Jenny had called it the Jolly Green Giant. "Ho ho ho," David croaked, trying desperately not to sound as miserable as he felt.
Ellen had died eight months ago. Forty-nine years of being together and she'd gone without even saying good-bye. David opened his eyes wide, trying to keep the moisture in its place.
He frowned. Ellen hadn't even been sick. Didn't have so much as a cold. Spent the night in Austin with Jenny and the grandkids and died in her sleep. Went to bed, didn't wake up. Well, David had tried to do the same thing for months now, but it wasn't working. He couldn't even die.
Feeling older than he usually felt, David shoved himself forward and got his feet under him. Standing up, he took one more look at the Jolly Green Giant and walked inside. He thought for a moment he might get a cup of coffee but decided against it and wandered into his office. Without thinking, he sat down in the chair behind his desk and reached for the safe door in the credenza. It wasn't locked. He never locked it. Didn't know why he'd let them put a safe there in the first place. He didn't even know the combination.
Having done it a thousand times, David reached to the back of the safe—there ... on the right side—and retrieved a soft, blue tobacco pouch. Carefully, he placed it in his lap. Relaxing then, tension leaving his arms and legs, David leaned back in his chair; and with his fingers tenderly caressing the object that was so precious to him, he closed his eyes with purpose for the second time that night and allowed the memories, as they always did, to wash over him.
The tobacco pouch was navy blue and had been sewn from stout cloth, but the rough treatment it had received had worn the pouch to moleskin softness. It was beaten and threadbare but still handsome, regal in a sense, the possession of an officer. The two buttons that closed the flap were metal, engraved with the image of an eagle. And there, just above the buttons, embroidered on the flap, were crossed swords—the symbol of a fighting man.
David remembered the moment Colonel Chamberlain had given it to him. It had been right before the charge at Gettysburg—July 2, 1863. He knew because he had been there. David had talked to Chamberlain, looked into his eyes, and felt the colonel's dirty hand in his.
He had later read all about Joshua Chamberlain. In the aftermath of the accident and his recovery, David had hours and weeks and months to do nothing but read and think and remember and plan. He had found himself especially curious about the young colonel. With the other Travelers, while surprising and exciting, he had at least a cultural familiarity.
But Chamberlain? David had never even heard of the man! And then to discover his extraordinary connection to the time in which David lived—and the almost inconceivable divergence of world events his single act that day in Pennsylvania had caused—well, it was just sometimes more than David could wrap his mind around.
Without opening his eyes, David shifted and reached out with his left hand. There, on the desk where it always was, rested a book—Soul of the Lion. It was a biography of Chamberlain and had a picture of him as an old man on the cover. David slid it from the desk and nestled it beside his leg.
He'd read the book many times. For years, David had carried it with him, and he practically knew it by heart. Chamberlain had been a thirty-four-year-old schoolteacher during the fight, but when he got home, the people of Maine elected him governor in what today is still the highest percentage of winning votes in that state's history. Chamberlain served four terms, leaving office in order to use his time and money to write and teach.
Reading that Chamberlain originally studied to be a missionary, David thought many times, Well, if the hand of God was on anybody, it was most surely on Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain. The young colonel had personally shown him the bent and busted belt buckle—destroyed by a Confederate bullet—that had saved his life that day.
Years later, in a museum in Maine, David had read the letter—written to then Governor Chamberlain from a Rebel sharpshooter—that had recounted his peculiar experience in the battle. The sniper had drawn down on Chamberlain, knowing who he was by his uniform and manner, and had him in his sights two separate times—but he had not been able to pull the trigger. Even so long after the event, the Confederate soldier had expressed amazement at being unable to shoot, claiming that a "strange something" had stopped him.
(Continues...)
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NotSurprised
Posted September 7, 2012
One of those books you want everyone around you to read--can't stop talking about it. Thought provoking. Page turner. Interesting historic themes weaved into story. Many truths. One of the few books I will keep to re-read.
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Posted December 30, 2011
The Travelers gift was the best book I ever read, It altered my whole approach to everything. But with The Final Summit Andy Andrews creates a further push forward as well as an extremely entertaining read. This book changed my thinking again! A serious must read after you have read The Travelers Gift.
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Was this review helpful? Yes NoThank you for your feedback. Report this reviewThank you, this review has been flagged.Another blend of fiction and real people who have made a difference. Very creative way to inspire you to be the best person you can be. I want to pass them all along to my teenage grandson.
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Was this review helpful? Yes NoThank you for your feedback. Report this reviewThank you, this review has been flagged.All-in-all, the read was enjoyable if you have some time to kill, but there is not much spiritual depth here. If you want to find success here on Earth, you might find some good tips in The Final Summit, but if you want to be great in the kingdom of God, you won't find many answers in this book.
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Posted April 2, 2011
I should start off by saying, I am an agnostic. So, when I first picked up 'The Final Summit' to review, I was put-off by the over-sweetness of the characters at first. But, I am also a fanatic on Historical Fiction, so I pushed on...and I am glad I did! Mr. Andrews captures historical personas wonderfully, although a certain Prime Minister was missing his scotch.
Other than that I though the book was a real page turner...I could hardly put the book down. I read into the wee hours of the morning to finish.
The book is about the archangel Gabriel being commanded to give humanity 5 chances to come up with the answer to putting humanity back on track for civility and humanity's sake. I do not wish to say anything further for fear of spoiling the book. But I can say, even for an agnostic, this book is truly inspiring!
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Andy Andrews hooks us again with the Travelers reconvened!
In this sequel to The Traveler's Gift, David Ponder is called to a Summit Conference with the other Travelers on a quest to find the one principle that will save humanity from the destructive path they are spiraling down.
The historic figures who are the Travelers are called by the Archangel Gabriel to come up with just two words that will prevent their ultimate destruction as mankind. Catching up with David Ponder at age 74, each of the Travelers lend their wisdom, leadership and analytical minds to try to solve their impending dilemma before the sands in the heavenly hourglass run out. There are so many great take aways here, its difficult to choose the best one, but I loved this definition of wisdom: “Wisdom is the ability to see into the future, the consequences of one's choices in the present.”
Andy's historic Travelers to name a few: Winston Churchill, Christoper Columbus, President Lincoln, Anne Frank, King David and a Civil War soldier, Joshua Chamberlain made me want to pick up the biographies of all of them and read more about them. Andy, to quote Dave Ramsey (author) is a “life whisperer” indeed! What a storyteller, for sure, but stories that have an eternal purpose!
Loved it!
Thomas Nelson Publishers gifted me with this book, but they wouldn't have needed to do that to get a great review and the applause for Andy Andrews The Final Summit to do it!
InHisName
Posted April 26, 2012
This book is really a sequel to the Traveler's Gift and I recommend reading that book first. It sets the scene for The Final Summit. While chapter one of The Final Summit does recap The Traveler's Gift - it just gives a basic overview. I personally think it would be hard to totally grasp The Final Summit without first having read The Traveler's Gift. So go out and get a copy of The Traveler's Gift - read it first. You won't be sorry as it is a fabulous book. Then read The Final Summit - another great read. The Final Summit takes place roughly 30 years later. Daniel is struggling because his wife, his life long friend and companion, has recently died. The archangel Gabriel makes an appearance as he has been sent to summon all the travelers to a meeting - a summit. Gabriel is the guide and facilitator for the upcoming summit conference. The travelers are being convened because God is upset with the human race and God is giving the travelers a chance to intervene and save mankind. I very much enjoyed both books and really like Andy Andrews's writing style.
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Posted February 2, 2012
You need to read The Traveler's Gift first to really understand what is going on with David Ponder. I did think The Traveler's Gift was better.
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Posted January 5, 2012
If you've read "The Traveler's Gift" you won't want to miss this one! Andy Andrews is a great author and I've really enjoying reading his books. This one was an easy read, great story and I couldn't put it down! I always love reading a book that makes it hard to want to do anything else and leaves you caught up in the story! I will say that my favorite Andy Andrews book is still "The Noticer" but I did enjoy this one as well. If you've got some spare time and love a good read, then pick this one up!
Was this review helpful? Yes NoThank you for your feedback. Report this reviewThank you, this review has been flagged.If you enjoyed The Traveler¿s Gift, you will not want to miss the book¿s sequel ¿ The Final Summit. With the fate of humanity resting on the shoulders of one man ¿ David Ponder must discover the one principle that can save all mankind.
Much like its predecessor, Andy Andrew¿s writing is quickly paced and poignant. All the beloved characters are here and will be joining in as you cheer on David Ponder in his quest for the one thing you can do when you just don¿t know what to do¿
With the help of hundreds of his fellow Travelers, from Winston Churchill to George Washington Carver to Joan of Arc, he must work to discover the one solution that will save humanity. Time is running out, and the final summit of Travelers must work quickly to avoid dire consequences.
Anonymous
Posted December 1, 2011
I read this book a few weeks ago and can' t stop thinking about its message. The analogies are so simple, yet so in-depth at the same time. Andy has a famtastic way of blending the right amount of humor with seriousness to make you both think and giggle out loud all the way through the book. After reading it on my Nook, I bought hard copies for my daughter and friend.
Was this review helpful? Yes NoThank you for your feedback. Report this reviewThank you, this review has been flagged.I liked his other work better than this one. Each is much like the other from a story telling, but this one was a bit harder to get into and not as much action or personal character building. Still enjoyed it.
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Posted October 23, 2011
The Final Summit by Andy Andrews I looked forward to this new book by Andy Andrews. Andrews is a motivational speaker who has a carefully worded, gentle way of writing that usually keeps your attention. This book, The Final Summit, is as Andrews describes it as having David Ponder as "a classic hero=a common everyman who has the ability to speak for us all." It has a connection to Andrews' other books, as Ponder is now 74 years old and facing decisions which he has to make using past principles and through meeting historical figures. I loved The Traveler's Gift. This, not so much. Although it is an easy read (easily doable in 2 days), and has a gorgeous cover to be used as a gift, I just couldn't get into it. Was it the history? Maybe. It just seemed to be very similar to the others. Just not my favorite, but still good. I did read this book as part of the Thomas Nelson publisher for Booksneeze, but the opinions are all mine.
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Posted October 9, 2011
Excellent book. I love the insight into the lives of the historical characters in Andy's books. There are always lessons to learn as well as principles to follow in his books. The research he does on the historical characters must be extraordinary to come up with some of the details he brings to light in his stories.
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Posted September 13, 2011
The Final Summit is not exactly an easy book for me to review. There's a lot of things being brought up in this book-mainly the existence of angel and time traveling. It's a wonderful read, don't get me wrong, but the pace is a tad too fast for me.
Nevertheless, this book is very enjoyable. I managed to get a grasps of this story after a while, and I love the concept of this book. It is highly original and very thought provoking.
A lovely read if you're not a skeptic. I rate this book 4 out of 5 stars. I received an ARC of this book from Thomas Nelson publisher. I was not required to write a positive review for it.
It is a good book that everyone should read and have at home.
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Posted August 8, 2011
The Final Summit
A Quest to Find the One Principle That Will Save Humanity
By Andy Andrews
Published by Thomas Nelson
As part of a BookSneeze® registration I was given a complimentarily copy of "The Final Summit - A Quest to Find the One Principle That Will Save Humanity by Andy Andrews". In part of the agreement I was to read the book in its entirety then write a review about it.
This story is about a man who is chosen to save humanity. He experiences visions and epiphanies that will lead him into a whole new life style. He becomes a Traveler and is the only Traveler still living. The story follows his journey to answer a very complicated question. The only way to find the answer is to look from within and look outside the box and inside the box at the same time.
This novel was alright. I had a really hard time getting into it. Nearly half way through was when I became interested. Meeting the characters at the final summit is what caught my attention. The story was meant to be suspenseful, wondering if David will figure out what he has been asked to reveal. The author succeeded to make the readers wonder and really think about what could happen next. The elements of the story flowed together. I was surprised with the outcome of the novel. The message is heartwarming and inspiring. The author made the readers think really hard about their own lives. I would not say it challenged my faith but it made me grateful for my faith and what I do have. I would recommend this novel to others if they are looking for a refreshing look on life.
SusanStearns
Posted July 15, 2011
Having read other Andy Andrews books, I was looking forward to this one. I must now go back and read The Traveler's Gift, although this book does make sense alone. It is a participant event, so to speak.....I kept searching for the answer, along with the Traveler's, to the question posed by Gabriel. The overwhelming feeling after reading it is one of hope, faith, and just sheer pleasure, with a sprinkle of foreboding. It is very entertaining and enriching to read the interactions between the Travelers from different historical eras. I was always interested in Joan of Arc in my childhood, and of course Winston Churchill is "larger than life". Having Mother Theresa and C.S. Lewis at the same forum, along with Cleopatra, and Dr. Schweitzer among others, and hearing everyone's opinions on what the answer might be really makes it one of those books you want to read straight through. I agreed with all of the answers offered, and thought of some of my own; but of course, without the final answer, none of the others matter!
Was this review helpful? Yes NoThank you for your feedback. Report this reviewThank you, this review has been flagged.The Final Summit is the stand alone sequel to The Travler's Gift. A Traveler is a person who has traveled in time and David Ponder happens to be one of these people. In his seventies, he is feeling depressed and lost when the archangel, Gabriel, appears to him and asks him to lead the summit to find out the answer to saving humanity before it's too late. It's a race against time as David and all the great minds from history come together in this novel and together discover what humanity must do to save themselves.
I absolutely loved the way this story was written. It caused me to think and actually question my own actions to what I have done to help humanity or to hurt it. Do I do everything I can? The way this was written was a fictional story but it reminded me of a self help book as well, helping me to be more than I am and to try harder than I do. It was also fascinating reading the histories of the characters. Two of them I hadn't even heard of but their stories were amazing. What awesome people we have had throughout history who set such amazing examples.
My_BookshelfSM
Posted July 13, 2011
A follow-up novel to The Traveler's Gift, The Final Summit is a fictitious read of an everyday man, David Ponder, paired up with the greatest minds and leaders of the past. Their quest, to find the one thing that will save humanity. The sands of the hourglass flow freely, marking the time remaining. The answer is two little words...two words that mean the difference between humanity lost or saved.
Great men and women, ranging from Joan of Arc to Abraham Lincoln, are enlisted to help David Ponder in the quest for the answer to save humanity. Each of their tales or insights into their characters elicits possible answers to their quest. It was interesting to see how wisdom and character worked together to try to accomplish the task put forth by the archangel Gabriel. As you read, you will come to ponder your own life, your goals, and priorities. This book could have a powerful influence over your future choices, if you but learn from the minds of the past.
Overview
David Ponder is back—and this time,the fate of mankind may be in his hands.
This is humanity’s last chance. Centuries of greed, pride,and hate have sent mankind hurtling toward disaster, and farfrom its original purpose. There is only one solution that canreset the compass and right the ship—and that answer is onlytwo words.
With time running out, it is up to David Ponder and acast of history’s best and ...