Title: Empire’s End
Author: Jerry B. Jenkins
Pages: 336
Year: 2015
Genre: Biblical Fiction
Publisher: Worthy Publishing
Note: I received a free copy of this book through Worthy
Publishing’s First Look Blog Tours program in exchange for my honest opinion.
About the book:
Betrayal.
Passion. Defiance. Violence. An obsessed persecutor transformed. And the world
would never be the same.
Mining clues
sprinkled throughout Paul’s writings, Jerry B. Jenkins weaves a thoroughly
believable tale filled with high drama at every turn. This inventive,
page-turning novel is steeped in bravado and bloodshed, conflict and deep
devotion, romance and political maneuvering. The result is a can’t-put-it-down
thriller crafted to satisfy any curious observer’s longing to meet a
flesh-and-blood man whose mission and message ultimately triggered the end of
the great Roman Empire.
My review:
This is an
incredible Biblical fiction novel!
From the time
Saul first appears in the book of Acts until the time he is sent on his first
missionary journey there is not much information given in the Bible. I believe
that Jerry Jenkins has taken each of the few details we know from scripture and
then added to them facts about life during the time period and probably even
Jewish history. He then used all of these to craft a very believable and
captivating account of the largely unknown years of Paul’s life in this very
entertaining story.
I was very
quickly drawn into the story. I loved how he interspersed periods of activity
and interaction between Paul and others with periods where Paul was alone with
God. When Paul was alone with God, God Himself was teaching him many of the
truths about God’s nature and how mankind is to live life. These truths are
what Paul wrote in the letters he sent to the churches and to individuals that
are contained in the New Testament.
I was completely
entranced by this very plausible account of the early years of Paul’s life as a
believer. Therefore, I am giving it 5 stars and highly recommending it.
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