I will be reading the rest of the series soon to find out what happens next.“She believed the incredible. (There is also a relationship between a man and a boy in the book.) It is not a light Christian book, but I would put it in the historical fiction category. Paganism, adultery, abortion, slavery, drunkenness and savagery are part of the storyline of Rome. It has Christian themes, but is honest about the world the characters live in. I would highly recommend this book, but it is for adults. Christians are seen as wanting to overthrow the government and are often taken to the lions in the arena for sport. When Julia starts falling for a Gladiator named Atretes, Hadassah finds it harder and harder to serve without mentioning her faith. Her master, Julia, faces and arranged marriage while Julia’s brother, Marcus, enjoys parties and many women. Hadassah tries to hold tight to her Christian beliefs while serving in a pagan household and community. Most novelists who are labeled as Christian writers shy away from hard topics, but Rivers shows Rome in a very real and true light in this book. I had not read any Francine Rivers books before this one and I was actually surprised a bit by the content. It’s the first book in the Mark of the Lion series. It took me a while before I got to it, but it was a book I had a hard time putting down. Despite herself, her master’s brother starts finding his way into her heart.Ī friend of mine recommended A Voice in the Wind to me as one of her very favorites.
Hadassah is taken as a slave and finds herself serving a daughter in a prominent family in Rome. Julia’s mother, brother and sister are left to fend for themselves and their mother has just starved to death when the Romans come to their door, killing her brother and capturing herself and her sister.
Her father, who was brought back to life by Jesus, ventures out every day to spread the Gospel of Christianity. Hadassah and her family got caught in Jerusalem when the Romans attacked it. “Unless we have something worth dying for, Atretes, we’ve nothing worth living for.” This entry was posted in Reading and tagged historical fiction Religious on Octoby Sarah Anne Carter
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