New Zealand, a few years from now. The Ministry of Social Cohesion has a stranglehold on the country as a result of a terrible tragedy that threw the country into chaos.

In the shadows, the illegal Bonhoeffer Group works to undermine the Ministry and restore freedom to a people who have become used to living under a polite tyranny.

Ministry analyst Marcus Bridges is reunited with an old friend that may be on the wrong side of the law. Old feelings emerge as he is asked to make a choice between his family and his beliefs.

Four years earlier, a maverick pastor sets in motion a series of events that will tear New Zealand apart as a young man listens and decides that he must strike back at the enemy he sees taking over his country.

Burning Minarets is a story about a broken family, the loss of freedom, and the dangerous power of ideas.