Do you remember the first Ted Dekker novel you ever read?

Happy 2019, Suspense Sisters Readers!

Mary Ellis here, and I thought I start off the new year with a book review and a question.


A.D. 30 was my first Ted Dekker novel and I read it about five years ago. Here's what the publisher said about A.D. 30: 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.

Here's what Publishers Weekly said about A.D. 30: "The reigning king of Christian thrillers...kicks down the door of biblical fiction."


Here's what Library Journal said: "TED DEKKER is a New York Times bestselling author of more than 30 novels with a total of more than 10 million books in print. He is known for stories that combine adrenaline-laced plots with incredible confrontations between good and evil. "

And here's what I have so say (Mary Ellis): Wow! What a book to start a new author with! I learned so much Biblical history from Ted's phenomenal research. The characters and suspense kept me turning the pages long into the night. I was so happy to find out that the story continues in A.D. 33. I see why Ted is the reigning king of inspirational thrillers!!



TED DEKKER is a New York Times bestselling author of more than 30 novels with a total of more than 10 million books in print. He is known for stories that combine adrenaline-laced plots with incredible confrontations between good and evil.
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Happy New Year, readers!!