52 Books in 52 Weeks - Book 11 - "As Sure as the Dawn" By Francine Rivers

In the "Mark of the Lion" series, Francine Rivers introduces all of her main story lines in the first novel, "A Voice in the Wind". Then, she splits them in the next two books. "An Echo in the Darkness" wraps up the tales of the Valerians and Hadassah. "As Sure as the Dawn", the conclusion of the series, follows Atretes on a journey from Ephesus back to his native Germania. He seeks to return to his tribe, the Chatti people and brings with him his baby Caleb, and Caleb's wet nurse/adoptive mother Rizpah. (You'll have to read the book to understand that relationship :-) ) Also traveling with him is Theophilus, the retired Roman centurion whose heart is set on bringing the gospel to the Chatti people. When Atretes finally locates his native people, he finds that things have changed more than he expected in the eleven years that he has been gone. They face resistance, difficult relationships, and unexpected danger.

I stayed up way too late finishing this book last night, but I just couldn't put it down.

Sojourner