Maviah is the daughter of a Bedouin sheik who was sold into slavery as a child and sent back once she had a child. She is outcast and the lowest of low among her people. Yet when her father and his people are attacked, he gives her a dagger and asks her to go to Jerusalem to ask for Roman help. Maviah, Saba, and Judah begin an epic adventure to help save her people, traveling across the desert and into the lives of Herrod and other powerful leaders of the time.
During their journey they come into contact with numerous people from that time including an inspiring speaker by the name of Jesus. The characters in the book become believers in what he is preaching as they continue on their previously assigned mission.
A.D. 30 is a truly inspiring story that tells the stories of people inspired by Jesus during his time. These people see his miracles yet you still witness the struggles they have developing a true faith.
The way Dekker writes the is masterful; you are truly drawn into the lives of the characters and feel what they feel. At times their trials brought me close to tears as I sensed their pain as if I was there witnessing it.
Ted Dekker has written an epic tail with A.D. 30 and it is only the beginning. The story doesn't end with A.D. 30 and I can't wait for the next book to finish telling the story of Maviah, Saba, Judah and Jesus.
A sweeping epic set in the harsh deserts of Arabia and ancient Palestine. A war that rages between kingdoms on the earth and in the heart. The harrowing journey of the woman at the center of it all. Step back in time to the year of our Lord...A.D. 30. The outcast daughter of one of the most powerful Bedouin sheikhs in Arabia, Maviah is called on to protect the very people who rejected her. When their enemies launch a sudden attack with devastating consequences, Maviah escapes with the help of two of her father's warriors—Saba who speaks more with is sword than his voice and Judah, a Jew who comes from a tribe that can read the stars. Their journey will be fraught with terrible danger. If they can survive the vast forbidding sands of a desert that is deadly to most, they will reach a brutal world subjugated by kings and emperors. There Maviah must secure an unlikely alliance with King Herod of the Jews. But Maviah's path leads her unexpectedly to another man. An enigmatic teacher who speaks of a way in this life which offers greater power than any kingdom. His name is Yeshua, and his words turn everything known on its head. Though following him may present even greater danger, his may be the only way for Maviah to save her people—and herself.
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