Rick C. Barry

Author Bio:

Rick is a Christian writer who has participated in more than 50 mission trips to Russia and Ukraine. In part, his writing helps to fund his missionary activities.

Although writing is basically an "indoor" activity, Rick appreciates opportunities to get outside and try new experiences, which have included skydiving, mountain climbing, rappelling, canoeing, kayaking, wilderness hiking, white-water rafting, and a high-ropes course through tree tops. All experiences in life provide fuel for this writer's imagination.

Rick has sold over 200 articles and short stories. To date, he has 3 published novels: The Methuselah Project, Gunner's Run, and Kiriath's Quest.

Rick lives in southeast Michigan.

The Next Fithian: An Ordinary Teen on a Strange, New World

Was this a new life - or a death sentence? When Rankin Johnson boards a flight to Israel, he expects an adventure in archeology. But the airplane comes under attack and explodes in midair. Rankin shouts, "God, I'm yours!" Instantly, he's in some other place. An angel informs Rankin the Lord…

Methuselah Project S.O.S.

Born in the final days of Nazi Germany, an underground organization is alive, growing, and manipulating events in our world today … The survivor of a secret German experiment in 1943, Roger Greene possesses a unique physiology. To this day, his body remains youthful and heals quickly. In exchange…

The Methuselah Project: A Novel

In World War II, fighter pilot Roger Greene wants only three things in life: fast planes to fly, a chance to serve his country, and to find the perfect girl to love. All three ambitions screech to a halt--seemingly forever--when his P-47 is shot down over Nazi Germany. Captured, Roger becomes a guinea…

Kiriath's Quest

When King Jekoniah of Xandria is kidnapped by evil Grishnaki, the royal family searches for a way to save him. The ransom demanded by the Grishnaki is impossible, and an outright war on the Grishnaki would end in disaster—so Prince Kiriath resolves to undertake a secret mission into the Grishnaki's…

Gunner's Run

Welcome to 1943. Gunner's Run is the story of Jim Yoder from Elkhart, Indiana. Young and confident Yoder has decided that he's going to be the master of his own fate. So he leaves home and enlists in the Army Air Force, where he becomes a waist gunner on a B-24 in England. But when unexpected events…