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Title of Book: Among the Gods By Lynn Austin
“Do you know that in the two years I’ve known you, I’ve never heard you laugh or seen you smile? I’ll bet you have a nice smile, too. Like your mother’s. She told me that A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.” Joshua tried to smile, but his heart felt as if it were breaking. “Would it help you to heal faster if I laughed?” She considered for a moment, then shook her head. “No, I think the shock would probably kill me.” He did laugh then, but it was bittersweet. He sat up and wiped the tears from her cheeks because he knew that she couldn’t do it herself. “You’re right,” he said. “I can’t remember the last time I laughed. And I’m so tired of feeling this way. Grief has affected every area of my life—it’s hamstrung my work, blinded my judgment, poisoned all my relationships—but I don’t know how to shake it off. I can’t get free of it.” “It isn’t grief that did all that,” Miriam said. “It’s hatred.” Excerpt from Among the Gods by Lynn Austin Based on the life of King Mannasseh, chronicled in the Old Testament, as well as current archeological finds of an exact replica of Solomon’s temple on Elephantine Island located in the Nile near Egypt, Lynn Austin has masterfully intertwined history with both Biblical and fictional characters. Book five of the Chronicles of the Kings series, Among the Gods follows the physical, emotional, and spiritual struggles of Joshua as he impatiently waits on Yahweh to purge Judah of its evil king, Mannasseh. As the temple is defiled by false Gods, babies are being burned in sacrificial fires, and every type of depravity scourges the land, Joshua and Prince Amariah (the king’s brother) followed by a host of Levites carrying the sacred Ark of the Covenant flee to Egypt for asylum. Joshua thinks that waiting on God to act is torturous, but understanding His ways results in being more difficult a task. Even with the enduring support and encouragement of the woman who loves him, Joshua spiritually fails God again and again. His relationship with his Heavenly Father isn’t the only one that is daunting. The one he’s attempting to build stone by weary stone with his rebellious, hate-filled adopted son, Nathan, is as well. When will Yahweh once again call his people out of Egypt to inhabit the sweet hills of Judah? Can Joshua’s insatiable need to control be broken, and will he withstand the test of fatherly love despite all, so that Nathan might see God’s love through him? Lynn Austin has given life—faults and all—to her characters in a way rarely seen. I invite you to pick up Among the Gods and take a ride into Judah at one of its worst times. Feel the utter wickedness of the kingdom, experience the robe-tearing sadness of God’s people, and see Yahweh’s justice and forgiveness as He sets the nation aright. I deem this work a superbly written piece of historical fiction. |
