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New Book from Dr. Bruce Erwin Branch Argues Against Going It Alone, Drawing on Biblical and Modern Examples
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Dr. Bruce Erwin Branch has released a new book, "Don’t Guess And Don’t Assume," published through Covenant Books, that takes aim at a specific habit: the belief that one’s experience and education are sufficient to manage every situation independently.
The book’s central comparison is to an occasional gambler convinced he’s cracked the system. According to the publisher’s description, that confidence works right up until it doesn’t, and the same pattern shows up in family and personal conflict. Branch pairs biblical figures with contemporary examples to make the point, arguing that incorrect assumptions, rather than mere chance, typically lead to negative outcomes.
Much of the book deals with family conflict specifically, according to the publisher’s synopsis, including sibling rivalry, misunderstandings that stretch on for years, and disputes that escalate because someone was certain their own read on a problem was the correct one. The synopsis cites disagreement, deception and even murder among the outcomes Branch traces back to that root cause, drawing on stories from the Bible as well as more recent examples. The book is listed under biography and autobiography, and a paperback edition is set for release in May 2026, with an ebook also available.
Branch’s argument, as the publisher frames it, isn’t that experience is worthless, but that it has limits a person often can’t see from the inside. The book’s answer is to seek out other advisers rather than assume self-sufficiency is enough.
Studio CarryOnHarry will be watching to see whether a book built on a single, repeated analogy can sustain reader interest across a full-length treatment, or whether its strongest material is the shorter anecdotes it promises along the way.
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New Novel ‘Xerxes’ Pairs an Engineer’s Eye for Detail with a Family Separated in a South Carolina Hurricane
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Richard Kapp has published a new novel, "Xerxes: The Engineer, The Hurricane, and The Boy," built around a family vacation on a South Carolina barrier island that turns into a survival story when a hurricane forces an evacuation and a young boy named Robbie is left behind.
The book is Kapp’s latest work through Covenant Books, a Christian publishing house based in Greenville, South Carolina. According to the announcement, the novel follows the family through the chaos of the storm and into what the publisher describes as a longer reckoning with loss and recovery, tracing how the separation reshapes each character afterward.
Kapp brings a specific professional background to the material. He holds degrees in architecture and civil engineering from Clemson University and has spent more than fifty years working as a practicing structural engineer and business owner, according to the announcement. That technical grounding, Kapp said, was central to how he approached the hurricane itself. "Writing this story allowed me to combine my passion for engineering and my love for the South Carolina beaches," he said, adding that he wanted the technical detail of the storm to sit alongside what he called a profoundly human emotional core. The announcement notes that his family’s ties across multiple Southern states also shaped the book’s regional texture.
The novel is positioned by the publisher as a story about family, loss and resilience, framed around the question of how ordinary people hold together, or don’t, when extraordinary circumstances intervene. "Xerxes" is available through bookstores and major online retailers, including Amazon, Apple Books, Google Play and Barnes & Noble.
Disaster narratives built around a single family’s separation during a hurricane are a familiar structure in regional fiction, but Kapp’s engineering background is the detail that sets this one apart on paper — whether the technical authenticity he describes actually distinguishes the book from others in the genre is something only readers who pick it up will be able to judge.
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With two decades of teaching experience, Atkinson transitioned from the classroom to writing fiction. She has said her approach to teaching and to writing share a common root: starting with something that grabs attention immediately, then letting curiosity do the rest. That approach traces back to her own childhood, when her parents’ interest in ancient civilizations took her to historical and religious sites across Jerusalem, Persepolis, Athens, Rome, Damascus, Babylon and Jericho, journeys she credits with shaping how she thinks about teaching history.
The novel is built around a real feature of Jerusalem’s archaeology: the city sits above a documented network of ancient tunnels and water systems, including structures linked to the Jebusite period, which have drawn sustained interest from archaeologists and have featured in a steady stream of discoveries and documentaries about the region’s biblical-era history. Atkinson’s book uses that setting as the backdrop for a mystery plot, pairing the two child detectives against narrow passages and shadowy chambers as they piece together clues.
"Behind everything I write is the desire to show readers just how captivating the Bible is and to inspire them to become Bible detectives themselves, following clues and discovering truth at their own pace," Atkinson said, according to the announcement.
The book is available at bookstores and through the Apple iTunes Store, Amazon, Google Play and Barnes & Noble.
Studio CarryOnHarry’s interest here is less in the publishing deal and more in the premise: pairing an actual, ongoing field of archaeological inquiry with a children’s mystery format is a sturdy way to make history feel immediate rather than assigned reading, and it’s a format worth watching for more entries in Atkinson’s apparent series.
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