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I enjoyed it, but not nearly as much as the first two. Maybe because Hadassah and Marcus were closer to my age (and their love story is one of my favorites of anything I've ever read), whereas Rizpah and Atretes are quite a bit older and more adult. I found them harder to relate to because their emotions and thought processes were so much more mature (Hadassah and Marcus thought like angsty teenagers! ha!). And I also found the setting considerably less interesting. Still, this was crammed with action, intrigue, life, love, a ton of drama, and a solid picture of the struggle between a Christian lifestyle and human fallibility. That last contrast really captured me, since I feel the same way so often. The characters were well-developed, and the messages were good. But it felt in some places like it was written for the sake of another sequel and not as much for the messages the author was trying to convey. I felt like she put less into the story than in the previous books, and the ending seemed rather rushed. And their problems were solved by miracles half the time, which, although pretty cool, made it a little less real; and since they're already in Germania - which couldn't get a whole lot more different than modern-day America - even harder to relate to. Nonetheless, still an outstanding book: deeper and more substantial than the average. Just not as overwhelmingly amazing as A Voice in the Wind and An Echo In the Darkness.