Behold The Master Copy! -- Inspiring Book Explores What Would Happen If Christ Returned to Earth Through Cloning

MUNSTER, Ind., Sept. 17, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The concept of cloning continues to divide society. One side believes that cloning is beneficial because it can resurrect extinct species, extend life, and feed the world and its economies. The other stresses that cloning is tantamount to live human experimentation, soulless lives, and ultimately scientific opposition to God's laws. As people remain divided, one could wonder what the world would be like if Jesus Christ returned to life through cloning. Would He usher in the end of the world? Would it be too late to repent? Or, to thwart the arrival of the end of time, would mankind crucify Him again? To find out, readers are encouraged to join authors Mary Osterman and Larry Osterman as they present an intriguing look at religion, science, society, and human desire with their compelling new book, The Master Copy.

In this captivating thriller, the premise of The Master Copy radiates around the trial of an illegally cloned man who is touted as Jesus Christ reborn. The clone's creator, a now-aging scientist, unlocked the secret of recreating the total human genome years before its present day advent; and brazenly circumvented God's parameters to clone Christ by using dated DNA from a stolen artifact. In the ensuing struggle to defend the cloned man, the lead defense counsel faces unrelenting obstacles including murder, kidnapping, ransom demand, and the threat of the Antichrist. The obsessed prosecutor, the defense's uncompromising adversary, ignores moral values and ethics, until startling evidence and an emotional encounter force him to relinquish the fight. Only time can reveal what will happen next.

Although not categorized as religious fiction, The Master Copy is a daring book that brings to life the concept of cloning Jesus Christ and the complications that mixing cloning and religion bring to the modern world. While it emphasizes that cloning has paved the way to recreate all forms of life, it also renews awareness of the hope for eternal salvation, and of the perils prophesied to await mankind at the end of the world. Such pertinent issues should captivate readers, and urge them to ponder life's fragility and that the world already is facing what is prophesied in the Bible. As the debate on cloning rages on, and with the modern-day resurgence of religious interest, The Master Copy is easily the most relevant and time-sensitive book to read. To order a copy, please visit Themastercopy.com, Xlibris.com or call (888) 795-4274 today.

About the Authors

Mary Osterman is a former public relations writer and marketing consultant. An award-winning watercolor artist, she offered expertise in advertising and web site design, and did volunteer art work for the United Way. She also is a former pension and stock analyst. Larry Osterman is a former electrical specialist. He also is a historian, an advertising and educational consultant, and an avid harness horseracing handicapper. Both authors are graduates of Purdue University and live in the Midwest. They joined their creative talents to collaborate on The Master Copy, and have produced a work that upholds their belief in Jesus Christ and promotes the message of His everlasting love to people of all religious denominations and beliefs. Their sequel, Remastered, The Master Copy II, is a work in progress.

                      The Master Copy * by Osterman & Osterman
                          Publication Date: August 31, 2004
               Trade Paperback; $19.99; 303 pages; 978-1-4134-5508-3
               Cloth Hardback; $29.99; 303 pages; 978-1-4134-5509-0

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