"The Evangelist" is a story of John Mark as it might have happened. What we "know" about John Mark, the author of the Bible's Gospel of Mark, is divided into two sources: canonical (in the Bible) and non-canonical. We can be certain of only the Bible's facts. Some of the other sources for his life are doubtful; some conflict with each other; some are likely true. Author Robert Simms sees in facts, tradition, and conjecture the story of a young man...