IN THE LIKENESS
The Last Testament of Adam, the First Man

IN THE LIKENESS is the story of man's beginning written in the form of a novel.

Through storyteller Adam’s first person narrative, the reader finds an explanation of the absolute essence of the meaning of life and the reason for the original creation of the race of man.  As only Adam could properly describe, it is in such self-reflection and insight that there might be found the ultimate meaning of the relationship of creation to creator.  In The Likeness is a search for exactly how man fell from Creator's garden grace and why all of us who come after Adam and Eve must subsequently require something quite beyond ourselves, if we would possess the slightest hope for a return to our original state.

For those who have ever mused about Adam and Eve's unique personal story of a transformational life that is literally like none other ever lived, this is certainly a book to be highly recommended.

Whether you subscribe to the Christian faith, another faith, or no faith at all, if you enjoy reading something a little different (make that a lot different!) and an accounting that will make you think more deeply about creation and your place in it, you will definitely want to read IN THE LIKENESS.

When God created man, he made him in the likeness of God.    
                                                                            - Genesis 5:1 (NIV)

"In a time when the genre of best sellers has taken similar license with imaginative theology,
Ford will find a place for his own unique approach to what Adam himself can teach us today.
I see genius in his imagination, but I also believe his theology is very biblical."
                                                                                  -Sidney N. Allen, DVM President& CEO
                                                                            Rapha International Fort Worth, TX

"I encourage you to take the journey with Adam, the first man and see if possibly there
may be something that you could learn about him that you did not know, or maybe learn
something about yourself, that you did not know. A story, yes . . . but a story that needs to be read."
                                                                                -Michael Kemeliotis, Phoenix, AZ

"This book isn't for lightweights."
                                                                -Bill Ford, Cayucos, CA

In The Likeness definitely fills that "something different to read" literary niche, but you should realize that the subject matter is quite controversial. It is about Adam and Eve and their fall, and the truth is that we Christians have very different views about just what the Genesis story means for us in our present state as saved beings. That is, does Adam's story no longer really connect to us? Is the original plan for man in the garden no longer operative and the fall but a distant memory of a distant relative? Or are there meanings within the creation story that we may have overlooked in our very proper enthusiasm for the personal benefits of salvation found in Jesus Christ? For my part I am only hopeful that after you read In The Likeness, then you and yours can have a conversation about the entire subject and express your honest thoughts about some of the ideas put forth in this odd little book. That would be my ultimate goal, not so much to discover that you think well of the book itself, but that you subsequently take time for the ideas it puts forth.
     - David Douglas Ford

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What makes mankind tragic is not that they are the
        victims of nature, it is that they are conscious of it.        
                                    - Joseph Conrad