Contact: Anthony Horvath, 202-280-7971

MEDIA ADVISORY, October 13 /Christian Newswire/ -- Author AR Horvath's 'Spero' treats the subject of 'hope' in time for an election where 'hope' is given as a reason to vote for a presidential candidate. The book will be released October 20th.

'Spero,' is Latin for 'hope.' The second book in AR Horvath's 'Birth Pangs' series, 'Spero' is an exploration of hope from a practical, philosophical, and theological perspective. Horvath uses the fictional setting of a future America reduced to anarchy to explore timeless themes like faith, hope, and love.

Horvath says that the political implications of his book are not accidental because they reflect his view that you cannot separate your beliefs from your politics. He explains, "How often have you heard someone say that you should keep your religion out of politics? The assumption is that you can have beliefs that are strictly political, and that is just not the case. Eventually, our political views reduce to our core beliefs."

Horvath says that his Birth Pangs series is really about how people arrive at their core beliefs, "Barack Obama has made 'hope' a plank in his platform because he knows that this resonates with people. And it does. 'Spero' is about why. 'Spero' is about what hope really is and what we should put our hope in. On this, it is safe to say that I disagree with Obama, because putting one's hope in government is rarely a good thing. In fact, it is often a dangerous thing, and this danger is reflected in the series."

Horvath argues, "After deciding that government is a bad place to put our hope we want to think carefully about where a good place will be."

'Spero' explores various possible 'good places' with the intent to show that most of these things will always let you down. Horvath says, "First you have to figure out what your biggest problem is. We get distracted by problems that are important but not the root problem of our existence: death. No government program can defeat death."

Horvath concludes, "It does take a certain audaciousness to be a person of hope. But that hope needs to be in something sure, steady, and strong. Putting your hope in 'change' would seem to be the very last place you would put it."

AR Horvath's 'Spero' is available on Amazon.com and the author's home page at www.birthpangs.com.  Horvath is available for interviews at author@birthpangs.com and 202-280-7971.