Thunder from Jerusalem: A Novel of the Struggle for Jerusalem: 2 (The Zion Legacy) - Softcover

Thoene, Bodie; Thoene, Brock

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0141002182 ISBN 13: 9780141002187

Publisher: Penguin, 2001

Synopsis

Early on the morning of May 19, 1948, the long siege of Jerusalem's Old City is lifted as patriot soldiers break through the Zion Gate. But the celebration is short-lived-a long battle ensues. Moshe Sachar, a professor and strategist for the Haganah group, must keep the movement's momentum alive in the face of a dissenting mayor and a disguised SS assassin who has infiltrated the group. Meanwhile, Rachel, his pregnant wife, tends to the growing numbers of wounded at the hospital.

Bodie and Brock Thoene bring to life the stories of a striking cast of characters in an epic story of heroism, tragedy, romance, and faith set against a momentous turning point in the history of the world's most sacred city.

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Review:

It is 19 May, 1948. The state of Israel is five days old. The city of Jerusalem is tenuously poised for a clash that will be critical in the life of the new country. Holding the keys to Israeli victory is a diverse, rag-tag group: Peter Wallich, once a teacher of agriculture in the kibbutz, now instructing teens in the assembly of Molotov cocktails; the 74-year-old Mother Superior, who desperately wants to preserve her convent from annihilation; Commander Moshe Sachar and his wife Rachel, who cling together amidst the horrors of war; and an Arab street urchin, Daoud, who repays the kindness of the "infidels" in the best way he knows how. Interspersed throughout is the appearance of a mysterious old gardener, with wounds on the palms of both hands.

In the Zion Legacy series, the Thoenes return to a cast of characters and themes from their best-selling Zion Chronicles series that earned them a sterling reputation and a faithful readership in the Christian fiction arena. This second instalment, Thunder from Jerusalem, starts slowly as the characters are re-introduced, and the stage is set. Then, the pace accelerates. The lives of Muslims, Jews and Catholics all intersect in a tale of romance and suffering, patriotism, and betrayal. Here is solid historical research paired with dramatic storytelling--a combination that has won Brodie and Brock Thoene eight Gold Medallion Awards.

Those who enjoyed the best-selling Jerusalem Vigil, the first book in the Zion Legacy series, won't want to miss this latest offering from the pens of the popular Thoenes. --Cindy Crosby

About the Author:

Bodie and Brock Thoene, with degrees in creative writing and history, respectively, are the authors of Jerusalem Vigil and Thunder from Jerusalem, the first two volumes of the Zion Legacy series. Their other thirty-three novels include the best-selling series the Zion Chronicles and the Zion Covenant. Together they have won eight Evangelical Christian Publishers Gold Medallion awards. The Thoenes live in Nevada and London, England.
Bodie and Brock Thoene, with degrees in creative writing and history, respectively, are the authors of Jerusalem Vigil and Thunder from Jerusalem, the first two volumes of the Zion Legacy series. Their other thirty-three novels include the best-selling series the Zion Chronicles and the Zion Covenant. Together they have won eight Evangelical Christian Publishers Gold Medallion awards. The Thoenes live in Nevada and London, England.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0141002182
• ISBN 13: 9780141002187
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 304