BRUCE HENNIGAN
OUR AUTHORS
Bruce Hennigan was born and raised in the isolated countryside of Blanchard, Louisiana, a place full of possibilities for the active mind of a young boy. The fertile imagination he cultivated while playing deep in the Louisiana woods would lead to a lifelong love of creative writing.
His family left him with a strong heritage of storytelling. His parents, aunts and uncles often told stories of life during the Great Depression and World War II.
Following their example of storytelling, Bruce wrote his first short story at age 13 and was soon involved in drama. He decided he wanted to become a full-time writer by the time he was a senior in high school, but was still unsure of his future. Bruce prayed to God for guidance, who showed him that a career in the medical field awaited him. Though he continued to write throughout college, Bruce earned his medical degree from Louisiana State University Medical Center in Shreveport in 1979. Bruce completed an internship in internal medicine and subsequently completed residency and fellowship in Diagnostic Radiology. Bruce has been in practice with Red River Consultants, the radiology group for the Willis Knighton Health Care System since July, 1983.
In 1980 Bruce married Sherry Kidd, and together the couple had a son, Sean, and a daughter, Casey. In 1995 Bruce suffered deep depression from which it would take two years to emerge. He developed his LifeFilter plan and subsequently authored a book with Mark Sutton, Conquering Depression, published by Broadman & Holman (now B&H Publishing) in February 2001.
From 1992 until 2006, Bruce served as drama minister at Brookwood Baptist Church in Shreveport, where he wrote Christian dramas, performed in ministries across the country. Bruce and Brookwood’s pastor, Mark Sutton, co-authored Conquering Depression: A Thirty Day Plan for Finding Happiness (B&H, 2001), based on their experiences overcoming depression. Bruce was then asked to contribute a column for Extra!, the online resource for Lifeway ministries, which he wrote for the next four years.
In 1998, Bruce enrolled in the Volunteer Apologist education program by worldwide ministry Reasons to Believe, in order to engage his medical colleagues who often demanded scientific evidence for Christianity. In 2006, Bruce pursued the Certified Apologetic Instructor Certificate from the North American Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention. He has become a frequent speaker at regional and state events on apologetics and his strong point is in making these sometimes hard to understand issues easily approachable for the average Christian.
Bruce’s experience in apologetics inspired him to write his Chronicles of Jonathan Steel series, a book series of supernatural Christian thrillers that combines science and faith.
Bruce currently resides in Shreveport with his wife and daughter. He continues to write and to practice radiology at the Willis Knighton Health Care System.
In 2019, Bruce Hennigan and Mark Sutton updated their depression book and now, the third edition has just been recently published entitled, “Hope Again: A Lifetime Plan for Conquering Depression.”
Books by Bruce Hennigan
By Bruce Hennigan
The Chronicles of Jonathan Steel
Book 2: Wolf Dragon
Published under our Area 613 imprint
In “Demon 12: Wolf Dragon”, Steel must help Joshua Knight in the aftermath of tragedy and in the process, uncovers a vampire “clan” devoted to Rudolph Wulf, the “12th demon”. Josh is soon taken by the clan and Steel follows him to caverns of Transylvania where he must stop a vampire army from being unleashed on the world. This “author’s” cut restores the original manuscript of “The 12th Demon: Vampyre Magick”.
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By Bruce Hennigan
The Chronicles of Jonathan Steel
Book 3: Ark of the Chimera
Published under our Area 613 imprint
After defeating the 12th demon, Steel and Josh Knight find themselves living in Robert Ketrick’s house filled with evil artifacts. The 11th demon seeks “The Ark of the Demon Rose” hidden in Ketrick’s basement. In “Demon 11: The Ark of the Chimera”, Steel is joined by his mentor, Dr. Cephas Lawrence as they are pulled into a conspiracy of an ancient secret society more dangerous than the “Council of Darkness”. The “Vitreomaners”, masters of ancient secret societies, surfaces as a rival to the Council of Darkness. Steel finds himself caught in the middle of a supernatural war when he uncovers an assassination plot and must stop the “Vitreomancers” before they can carry through on their arcane plans. This is the “author’s” original manuscript from “The Ark of the Demon Rose.”
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By Bruce Hennigan
The Chronicles of Jonathan Steel
Book 4: Children of the Bloodstone
Published under our Area 613 imprint
The forces of evil now dominate the heavens with the arrival of the Tenth Demon and his army of extraterrestrials. Determined to locate a secret cadre of enhanced human children, the demon and his human host must fact Jonathan Steel and his team.
As a mysterious person surfaces from the past to complicate matters, Steel must locate and rescue the Children of the Bloodstone before the Tenth demon rains destruction down upon the Earth. Join Jonathan Steel in his battle against evil forces from beyond our planet in the final showdown where Earth’s survival hangs in the balance. As well as another world!
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By Bruce Hennigan
The Chronicles of Jonathan Steel
Book 5: Time of the Cross
Published under our Area 613 imprint
Jonathan Steel’s partner, Theo King, has been kidnapped. In his pursuit of the kidnappers, Steel discovers a conspiracy by a wealthy media mogul to go back in time to the last days of the life of Jesus of Nazareth. All leads converge on ancient Jerusalem on the eve of the crucifixion.
Steel teams up with a policeman on a similar mission, Jason Birdsong to try and rescue the media team who are now stranded in the past. Or, are they? What is real and what is staged?
Find out when Steel confronts the real power behind the scene, the 9th Demon and his plan to alter the history of civilization.
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By Bruce Hennigan
The Chronicles of Jonathan Steel
Book 6: A Wicked Numinosity
Published under our Area 613 imprint
While on a flight to meet with the mysterious “Max”, Jonathan Steel is the only survivor when his passenger airplane crashes in the Swiss Alps. He is accused of being a terrorist and is placed under house arrest. Meanwhile, Josh’s new friend Olivia possesses a set of virtual reality goggles called the “Third Eye Interface”. Soon, they are pursued by assassins bent on obtaining the goggles and have to flee the country. Their plans are interrupted when they are both abducted by a dangerous person from Josh’s past. Max helps Jonathan escape house arrest and sends him on a mission to London to rescue Josh and Olivia.
Once there, Jonathan learns he must enter the virtual world of “Numinocity” created by Dr. Sultana Thakkar, a renowned neuroscientist who is also in league with the eighth demon. Her plan is to use the Third Eye Interface to enslave millions in Europe with her virtual world. Josh and his friends must enter Numinocity and stop the eighth demon before she enslaves millions in demonic possession.
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By Bruce Hennigan
The Chronicles of Jonathan Steel
Books 7 & 8: Demons 7, 6, & 5
Published under our Area 613 imprint
“The Pandora Stone: Demons 7, 6, & 5” combines the original “The 7th Demon: The Pandora Stone” and “The 5th Demon: Demoneyes” in one book. Josh Knight is afflicted with a debilitating disease after coming in contact with Pandora’s Box. The only man who has a cure for the disease forces Jonathan Steel to perform three tasks for the Seventh, Sixth, and Fifth Demons of the Council of Darkness in order to save Josh’s life. What would you do to save your child? Steel must embrace evil in order to do good and betray God! With time running out, Jonathan Steel betrays all that he has come to represent and must walk on the side of the demons!
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By Bruce Hennigan
The Chronicles of Jonathan Steel
Book 9: The Trial of the 3rd Demon
Published under our Area 613 imprint
Jonathan Steel has been arrested for murder. Now he must face a judge who is in league with the fourth demon. Soon, he discovers he was once possessed by the third demon! The two demonic forces collide with Steel caught in the middle. Will he spend the rest of his life in jail? What secrets will he recover about his past? And who are the two mysterious figures who know everything about him? As Jonathan learns about his past, the true villain of his story surfaces and threatens to destroy everything he holds dear! Find out in the book with Part 1 — The Scales of Anubis, Part 2 — The Trial of JJ Stone, and Part 3 — Legions.
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The Chronicles of Jonathan Steel
Book 10: Tales of the Grimvox
Published under our Area 613 imprint
The second demon possesses Jeremiah Stone, the brother Jonathan Steel never knew he had. Jeremiah has kidnapped Steel and is using the Grimvox, an arcane repository of demonic history to sift Steel’s memories. Searching for a specific memory, Jeremiah and Steel relive their past lives and the legacy of their father, the Captain. With the help of Father Caskey, Josh searches for his adopted father. Steel must escape his brother and the connection with the Grimvox before he loses his mind. And, his life!
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The Chronicles of Jonathan Steel
Book 11: Imago Diabolis
Published under our Area 613 imprint
Jonathan Steel’s battle with the Council of Darkness comes to a final confrontation with the most powerful demon below Satan, the 1st Demon. HIs friends and family are in danger not only from the 1st Demon but also from the returning 13th Demon. Where does the Captain’s allegiance stand? What is the mysterious golden disc with the image of the 13th Demon? Most importantly, where has the 1st Demon taken Joshua Knight and what are its intentions? In the most dangerous battle of his life, Jonathan Steel must face the ultimate evil to save those he loves from something more horrendous than the Council of Darkness!
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By Bruce Hennigan
The Chronicles of Jonathan Steel
Books 1-3
Published under our Area 613 imprint
Books 1 - 3 in one eBook volume featuring “Demon 13: Dark Covenant”, “Demon 12: Wolf Dragon”, and “Demon 11: Ark of the Chimera”.
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By Bruce Hennigan
The Chronicles of Jonathan Steel
Books 4-6
Published under our Area 613 imprint
Summary: Books 4 - 6 in one eBook featuring “The 10th Demon: Children of the Bloodstone”, “The 9th Demon: Time of the Cross”, and “The 8th Demon: A Wicked Numinosity”.
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By Bruce Hennigan
The Chronicles of Jonathan Steel
Books 7-10
Published under our Area 613 imprint
Books 7 - 10 in one ebook featuring “The Pandora Stone: Demons 7, 6, & 5”, “The 4th Demon: Trial of the 3rd Demon”, and “The 2nd Demon: Tales of the Grimvox”.
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By Bruce Hennigan
A Jack Merchant Medical Mystery
Published under our Area 613 imprint
Dr. Jack Merchant is a radiologist in a busy private practice and now finds himself mourning his wife on the one year anniversary of her death. He returns to the site of her death one year later only to find he is now accused of the murder! His job is now in jeopardy and his life is almost taken in a botched medical procedure in his own radiology department. He joins forces with the local medical examiner in trying to find out why someone would kill his wife and just who that might be. As the tentacles of an international conspiracy close around him, he must protect a secret relationship from his past that could be the key to revealing the mystery!
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By Bruce Hennigan
A Jack Merchant Medical Mystery
Published under our Area 613 imprint
The 13th Juror is Dr. Jack Merchant. As the murder trial progresses, he faces other medical legal challenges in his role as consultant to the medical examiner. While trying to balance his jury duty, his new consultant role, and his job as a radiologist, a cold case surfaces that will impact the outcome of his jury duty and ultimately endanger his life and the ones he cares about.
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By Bruce Hennigan
The Ruth Martinez Series (Prequel to The Chronicles of Jonathan Steel)
Published under our Area 613 imprint
On the eve of the unveiling of his latest dinosaur discovery, Dr. Wallace Darwyn is murdered by his religious associate Dr. Frank Miller. Ruth Martinez, an up and rising attorney, is given the impossible task of defending a man caught red handed.
With the help of the mysterious Jonathan Steel, Ruth must overcome her rival, Bryan Nicholas in the courtroom while looking for the real murderer. And, in the process, she faces a deadly creature who truly lives out the principle that nature is “red in tooth and claw”.
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By Mark Sutton and Bruce Hennigan
Depression is on the rise in today’s society particularly among Christians. Depression is a largely overlooked and much misunderstood disease in the Christian world, yet there are vast numbers of Christian men and women who are looking for help with this problem. There is hope!
Hope Again: A Lifetime Plan for Conquering Depression is the third updated book by Dr. Bruce Hennigan and Mark Sutton. The book provides step by step encouragement and instruction for developing a fresh, updated plan to win over depression. With an interest stemming from their own experiences, Hennigan and Sutton take an approach to overcoming life's difficulties that is grounded in both spiritual and medical principles. Whether depression is affecting you, or someone you love, Hope Again can be the first step to finding real encouragement and moving forward.
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A Note from Bruce:
Prior to Mark Sutton’s passing, we discussed the fate of our book. For now, the book will not be updated in the near future. To that end, after discussing the future of the book with his wife, Donna Sutton, I decided to offer the ebook for free in exchange for any donation to Mark Sutton Ministries. If you go to this link, you can download a Bookfunnel book code and download free ebook copies of “Hope Again”. Please use this link to donate to Mark Sutton Ministries.
By Bruce Hennigan
Who made room in the inn for a pregnant girl? Who asked Jesus about taxes? Who carved the bowl Jesus used to wash his disciples’ feet? Who owned the rooster that signaled to Peter his greatest failure?
Our Darkness, His Light tells the stories of the “ordinary” people who were suddenly and surprisingly thrust into the limelight as they played a part in the greatest Story ever told. These seemingly insignificant people swirled around the events of the life of the Prince of Peace from the crowded streets of Bethlehem to the empty tomb. Each person was an intended part of the Story – in their pain, their weakness, their failings, their flaws, their darkness. Their darkness allowed the Light of Life to shine into the world — Jesus Christ.
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A Secret Mission, A Brave Father, and a Young Son’s Prayers
Published under our Standing Tree Books imprint
Roy Anderson is about to make the worst decision of his life and leave his family for selfish reasons on Thanksgiving day, 2001. But, thanks to the prayers of his son, an angel sends Roy back in time to 1941 with no memories.
There, he will experience the true meaning of family, sacrifice, love, and commitment when he is taken in at the Collinsworth boarding house. For a U. S. Army Corps pilot, Frank Collinsworth, has not been heard from since the attack on Pearl Harbor and the family waits anxiously to see if he will return home by Christmas.
Daniel, the younger Collinsworth, must decide if he will have to become the man of the house while everyone prays around the Homecoming Christmas Tree for his father’s return. Will Roy revert to the ruthless businessman he has become, or will his time spent with the Collinsworth family give him a second chance?
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A Collection of Diverse Short Stories
The 2024 Louisiana Posse presents its first two-volume anthology of diverse short stories. The previous six years’ collections include Celebrating the Short Story, Over the Moon Travel Treasures, 2020 Vision, Coming of Age, Second Chances, and Our Abiding Heritage, which have contributed significantly to advancing the craft of Christian fiction writing. This year, fifteen authors collaborated to produce the outstanding collection of seventeen diverse short stories you’re now viewing, Time Passages. Volume I has eight stories you should also explore. This is Volume II, with nine stories from seven authors.
In “A Death on Mount Driskoll” a mountain climber comes home to spend his last day on the highest mountain in Louisiana.
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By Bruce Hennigan
The Chronicles of Jonathan Steel
Book 1: Dark Covenant
Published under our Area 613 imprint
In “Demon 13: Dark Covenant”, we first meet the troubled Jonathan Steel, a man without a past in search of the creature who took away the most important thing in his life. Steel findsthe “13th demon” in a church in a small town and must help the pastor eliminate the evil from his church. This “author’s” cut restores the original manuscript of “The 13th Demon: Altar of the Spiral Eye.”
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