In the hard-hitting works of Harold Robbins, even the sacred isn’t sacred.  He takes aim at the world of religious revivalism.  They’re all over the airwaves—the televangelists—promising eternal salvation for an earthly price.  The biggest of them all simply calls himself “Preacher.”  He begins his career in the foxholes of Vietnam, with a noble goal: spread the word of peace, love, and charity.  Back home in the States, he starts “The Church,” where sex and drugs are as much a part of the culture as prayers and sacraments.

Preacher’s following grows as he travels throughout the country, taking the faithful.  In Texas, he meets up with a powerful billionaire who likes his style.  Before long, Preacher is the top entertainer in the televised arena of big-top, big-time religion for profit.  Somewhere deep inside Preacher, a guilty conscience burns, and he knows he must make a terrible sacrifice to expose the hypocrisy.

With more than 750 million copies of his books sold, Harold Robbins is the best-selling American fiction author of all time.  Born in New York in 1916, Robbins created twenty-four of the most popular novels in literary history, stories that have been translated into movies and miniseries, and into thirty-two languages worldwide.