Drawn to The Deep

Exploring shadows of ancient myths, beliefs and stories with readers and writers drawn to the deep

My First Book

To be released
August 20th, 2025

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About The Author

J Karl Jackson

Karl was born in Detroit, Michigan where he attended Detroit Bible College (now Tyndale) and then went on to graduate from Rhema Bible/Tulsa, Ok. It was from those studies that he found himself curious and passionately driven into a life of self study of the scripture, its related histories and languages. After 20 years of ministry and 20 years of pastoring he and his partner of 30 years (as of 2024) are now retired and reside in their home in the tip of the thumb of Michigan. Regarding “Prophets, Eunuchs and the Pit” he always says, “This book is not a fulfillment of any lifetime dream, nor have I ever desired to be an author. It’s just a fanciful novel that compiles some of the things I have thought about, studied and wrote down regarding these characters and the ancient lands of Jerusalem, Babylon and Egypt which they traveled.

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Prophets Eunuchs and the pit

In 6th-century B.C. Jerusalem, Ebed-Melech, an Ethiopian eunuch, is caught between two worlds: the God Adonai, revered by King Josiah, and Atonu, the deity of his Egyptian ancestors. Scorned as an idolater by the prophet Jeremiah, Ebed-Melech and his confidant Asphanez , which he meets in Babylon, find themselves embarking upon a shared destiny. The journey leads them to a pit where they will learn of a child, they will raise who is foretold to change the world in this historical fantasy of clashing faiths and hidden legacies.

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The Voices of the Deep Blog

Was Favorinus the Orator really a congenital eunuch, or is it fiction?

While researching eunuchs for my first novel about a 6th-century B.C. Ethiopian eunuch, I ran across a man named Favorinus, a 2nd-century orator famed in Athens and Rome.

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