So Shines the Night
By Tracy L. Higley
Daria is a young beautiful widow struggling to make a
living as a tutor. While her
intelligence is not in question, being a female greatly limits her
opportunities for teaching. When a
terrible incident drives her from her position in Rhodes, she ends up in Ephesus
with a new employer who is much more interested in revenge than academia. Lucas is a handsome young merchant who is
trying to play all sides in his game of vengeance. He has made friends with the Sorcerers, the
Christians, and the craftsmen in his attempt to learn the truth about his
wife’s gruesome death. Daria attempts to
save Lucas by infusing her goodness and order into his life, but will it be
enough? Will his desire for retribution
lead him only to death, or can he find peace through one of the groups he has
befriended? And can Daria find the
security she needs so deeply, both physically and spiritually?
This is a great book set in the time of the early
Christian church. The book shows some of
the wonderful things that were happening in the early church at Ephesus, while
accurately depicting the culture and spiritual powers against which they
struggled. Though the story is a
fictional account, many of the circumstances the author has infused are right
out of Acts 18 and 19. I loved how the
author set the point of view for the story from the eyes of unbelievers. We live in a world that is constantly
confronted with what Christianity should look like, but these people had no
idea what these Christians were all about. The unbelievers had no idea if they
could trust this new sect that was rapidly creating both followers and fierce
enemies. Overall I give this book an A:
a great reminder of what our struggles are really against and Who fights on our
side.
I received a free ebook of this title from the publisher
(through www.booksneeze.com) in exchange for my honest review.
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