'A Voice in the Wind'

'A Voice in the Wind', Book one of the Mark of the Lion trilogy, by Francine Rivers

What a book. After 'Redeeming Love' I thought it couldn't really get any better. But this book greatly exceeded my expectations. It starts like this: shocking, harrowing, desperate but intriguing...you can't help but read on. I won't give the story away, I refuse to deprive you of it! But take my advice and: READ. You get drawn into the story and characters - for me that's a sign of a really good book.

It's a book which will encourage you, teach you, and strengthen your faith. Hadassah, the protagonist, is a character who will astound you! Her faith is INCREDIBLE. If there was ever a fiction role model she would be it.

The ending is infuriating! It leaves you in the most painful cliff-hanger in existance so you just have to go and buy the next book. Which is what I did almost immedietly after turning the last page. Straight on amazon, £6 something...best buy of my life. (Okay that's probably an exaggeration, I tend to do that a lot)

“Can you see air you breathe? Can you see the force that moves the tides or changes the seasons or sends the birds to a winter haven?" Her eyes welled. "Can Rome with all its knowledge be so foolish? Oh Marcus, you can't carve God in stone. You can't limit him to a temple. You can't imprison him on a mountaintop. Heaven is his throne; earth, his footstool. Everything you see is his. Empires will rise and empires will fall. Only God prevails.”

Anyway, I just had to have a rant about how good it is. I've been annoying everyone at home about how great it was so it's only fair that my enthusiasm spills onto blogger... :) Get reading!

Gina x