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I have just finished reading Dark Hour, the first in the Serpent Moon Trilogy. This was a powerful novel based on the story from 2 Chronicles 21-23 (and yes it made me go back and reread these passages of scripture). 

The story is woven around the wicked Athaliah as she tries to blot out the descendants of the line of David so she can rule with her dark powers from the throne of Judah. She thinks the kingdom is within her grasp, but she underestimates the power of the One Holy God, Yahweh. God uses Jehoshebeth and her husband Jehoiada the priest to overcome Athaliah's evil, and together they save the only male descendant of the line of David, Joash, and raise him in secret so that in God's timing the house of Judah is restored and the Lord God is worshiped once more. The characters are strong and vivid. The story, woven in and throughout the original story of 2 Chronicles, is so carefully told and researched that the reader is drawn into the story and held there until the very end. Ginger Garrett took a story that we might read over a few times in the Old Testament and just dismiss and turned it into an eye opening look at a brave few who, with God's help, stood up to the wicked and overcame tragedy, heartbreak and pain, all to the glory of God. The story was made so real to me that I was restless the first night I tried to sleep after I had started it, as the wickedness and cruelty was exposed.

Bravo Ginger, a great read with a lot of factual accounts. You made me think and research these scriptures for myself, and that is always a good thing. I look forward to reading the next book in the trilogy!!!

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