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Be still my heart! I finished listening to this book last night with a glow of utter satisfaction, but also an ache of regret at needing to bid farewell to the characters I'd come to love so well.

Are you the impatient type? Do you pray and chaff for God's answer? I know I do! There are people I love who don't know they Lord, and I want their salvation sooner rather than later. More often than not, I give up hope that they'll ever turn to Christ. This book gave me encouragement. It reminded me of God's providence and perfect timing and the Christian's ability to rest in His plan with perfect peace. Yes, it's just a fictional story, but it does what G.K. Chesterton once explained as the value of fairy tales.

[It paints a clear picture showing] that these shapeless enemies have enemies in the knights of God, that there is something in the universe more mystical than darkness and stronger than fear.

Marcus Valerian believe the love of his life has been killed by lions in a Roman arena, the victim of his sister's mindless rage and petty jealousy. He is broken, angry, bereft. None of his old passtimes bring him any pleasure. Hadassah and her gruesome end haunt him day and night. Driven to find closure, he goes in search of Hadassah's God, determined to curse God to His face--if He is real--for abandoning His faithful servant.

Hadassah is not dead. Miraculously spared, she find a new life and a new purpose as assistant to a compassionate physician. Her encounter with death has changed her. Freed from the crippling companionship of fear, she pours herself into the lives of the patients she serves--tending their spiritual needs while the physician seeks to heal them physically. Yet Marcus will not leave her mind and heart completely. Plagued by her love for him, she prays for him often, unaware that He is wandering through her homeland trying to feel close to her by walking the hills of her childhood.