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The Shiloh Legacy, Volumes 1-3 By: Bodie Thoene, Brock Thoene The story unfolds: three young American soldiers—one Jewish, one Irish, and one African American—caught up in the events that reshape the world between the two world wars. They grapple with racial, religious, and cultural intolerance, while trying to find their own faith and direction as the country heads into the Great Depression. |
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In My Father's House, The Shiloh Legacy Series #1 By: Bodie Thoene, Brock Thoene |
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They just fought the War to End
All Wars in France. Now they return home to a different kind of battle . . .
one more fierce than they could imagine.
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A Thousand Shall Fall, The Shiloh Legacy Series #2 By: Bodie Thoene, Brock Thoene |
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The Roaring Twenties promise peace and prosperity after the Great War. But is all what it seems? Nine-year-old David O'Halloran has not had an easy life. He can't even remember his father. Now his beloved mother is dying of cancer in St. Francis Hospital in Philadelphia, leaving David home alone with his drunk, abusive stepfather. Who was my real father? David longs to know. Then one day, while in his mother's room, he discovers some letters . . . and the shocking truth. | ||
| Say to This Mountain: The Shiloh Legacy
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The mountain of the Great Depression looms over their lives. But it s nothing compared to the unfulfilled yearnings of their hearts. Thousands are jobless after the stock- market crash of 1929. Former company owners now stand around smudge-pot fires to stay warm and live in shanties built of boxes, discarded lumber, and tin. With each day, more people lose their jobs, and the desperation grows. Where will it end? | ||
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Shiloh Autumn By: Bodie Thoene, Brock Thoene |
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In 1931, Birch and Trudy Tucker face one crisis after another---the Great Depression, severe drought, ruthless bankers, and two boys afflicted with polio. Through it all, Trudy never doubts the Lord's doings, because she knows that he hasn't abandoned her. Will faith lead the Tuckers to a new promised land? Includes study guide. 350 pages, softcover from Nelson. | ||
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The Zion Covenant Series, Volumes
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Elisa Lind, a Jewish violinist with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, becomes entangled in a dangerous web of intrigue and conspiracy in pre-World War II Austria. This 6-volume set includes Vienna Prelude, Prague Counterpoint, Munich Signature, Jerusalem Interlude, Danzig Passage, and Warsaw Requiem. Approx. 400 pages each, six softcovers from Tyndale. | ||
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The Zion Covenant Series, Volumes
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Elisa Lind, a Jewish violinist with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, becomes entangled in a dangerous web of intrigue and conspiracy in pre-World War II Austria. This 9-volume set includes Vienna Prelude, Prague Counterpoint, Munich Signature, Munich Signature, Jerusalem Interlude, Danzig Passage, Warsaw Requiem, London Refrain, Paris Encore, and Dunkirk Crescendo. Approx. 400 pages each, nine softcovers from Tyndale. | ||
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Vienna Prelude, The Zion Covenant Series #1 Mass Market Edition By: Bodie Thoene, Brock Thoene |
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Predating the events of The
Zion Chronicles Series, Vienna Prelude opens in pre-World War II Austria
in 1936, and tells the courageous and compelling stories of those who risk
everything to stand against the growing tide of Nazi terrorism that is
sweeping through central Europe under the dangerous and deceitful guise of
Hitler's "Third Reich." Elisa Lindheim, a violinist with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, is of Jewish
heritage but has adopted an Aryan stage name. Thus she is able to travel and
play in Germany even though a 1935 law forbade Jewish musicians to do so. Her
dear friend Leah, a cellist already introduced to Thoene readers in A
Daughter of Zion, and her husband Shimon must escape Austria or perish in the
coming Holocaust. John Murphy, a reporter for the New York Times in Berlin
and Austria, becomes linked with English politicians in a plan to overthrow
Hitler. Elisa and John's mutual connections with the Jewish Underground
entangle them in a web of intrigue, danger, and conspiracy that neither could
have known.
Discover more about memorable characters you've already met in The Zion Chronicles and meet many new ones in this first book of a magnificent new series, The Zion Covenant! |
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Prague Counterpoint, The Zion Covenant Series #2 By: Bodie Thoene, Brock Thoene |
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Prague Counterpoint finds Elisa watching in horror as Hitler's forces sweep through her beloved Vienna and he directs his ambition toward the takeover of Czechoslovakia. As Europe slides irrevocably toward the brink of war, Elisa is torn between the Underground's lofty political goals and the safety of two little boys...And underneath it all, her heart yearns for John. Will she ever see him again? | ||
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Munich Signature, The Zion Covenant Series #3 By: Bodie Thoene, Brock Thoene |
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When Elisa is at last reunited
with Murphy, the danger seems past for young Charles; or is it? Munich
Signature finds Leah and Louis attempting to escape Austria over the
treacherous footpaths of the Alps, while Murphy and Elisa begin their trip
toward New York and the promise of healing for Charles' disfigurement,
homelss on the open seas, she stands precariously between Hitler's domination
of Europe and the possibility of destroying his power once and for all.
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Jerusalem Interlude, The Zion Covenant Series #4 By: Bodie Thoene, Brock Thoene |
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For Jews in pre-war Europe, the
terrifying truth is uncovered: Truly they have no place to go. Escape or
perish, but escape where? As Central Europe is taken over by the Nazis under
celebrated headlines of Peace in Our Times. hundreds of thousands pay
the price for Hitler's international deception.
In Jerusalem Interlude, Leah and Shimon Feldstein finally reach the Promised Land. They enter their new life and the shadow of the Western Wall, only to find that a longer, more sinister shadow is casting its darkness over the Holy Land. Will they ever find true peace, a resting place for their spirits? Or will their time in Jerusalem be only a brief interlude in the ongoing struggle for a homeland? |
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Danzig Passage, The Zion Covenant Series #5 By: Bodie Thoene, Brock Thoene |
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The net of Hitler's Third Reich
begins to close around the Jews in pre-war Europe, and millions are trapped
in his sinister web. Kristal Nacht, the Night of Broken Glass, shatters the
last illusions for thousands who hoped to escape the Nazi terror.
As the synagogues of Berlin burn and Jewish homes are plundered, two families face the grim reality of life in the New Germany. Anna Lindheim's sister Helen and her pastor husband Karl Ibsen are arrested for helping the Jews. The Ibsen children, Lori and Jamie, must find a way to escape their Nazi pursuers and get past the iron gates that keep them imprisoned in the Reich. Young Peter Wallich, with his mother, sister and baby brother, faces the same dilemma. How can he, a Jew, get them out of Vienna to safety? How can they reach Danzig, the one place that offers hope, the promise of freedom? And then there is Lucy, in such desperate straits herself. How can she possibly help these children? |
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Warsaw Requiem, The Zion Covenant Series #6 By: Bodie Thoene, Brock Thoene |
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Having overrun Czechoslovakia,
the iron baton of Hitler's Third Reich is poised to orchestrate a requiem for
Warsaw. Foreshadowing an international nightmare the world will never forget,
millions are imperiled, destined to be caught and crushed in the Fuhrer's
grasp.
Lori Ibsen and Jacob Kalner, along with Jamie, Mark and Alfie, take refuge in Danzig, hopping they will be safe there while awaiting a ship to England. Peter Wallich escapes to Warsaw, desperately seeking a place among the Jews in Muranow Square. Lucy Strasburg, about to deliver her "S.S. child," stays behind in Danzig, hoping to evade the clutches of Wolf von Fritschauer. But there is no safe place in prewar Europe. Hitler's bombers hover over Danzig and Warsaw, a dark shadow of terror and death. In London, Helen Ibsen and her sister Anna Lindheim wait and pray for the safe release of the Ibsen children. But as they wait, the sinister cloud of Hitler's wrath spreads across the Channel like poisonous gas, ready to annihilate all those who oppose the extension of the Fuhrer's power. |
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Refrain, Zion Covenant Series #7 By: Bodie Thoene, Brock Thoene |
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England teeters on the brink of war. It's no longer a question of if. It's a matter of when. In the dark fall of 1939 the hopes of the polish people fade as Nazi bombers strafe the beloved city of Warsaw. Politicians debate while hundreds stand in lines at the British Embassy, desperate to flee the country before Hitler's ground forces arrive. Mac McGrath, a veteran American photographer, recorded the landslide toward war with dedication, believing if he told the turth, the world would rise up and put a stop to Hitler's evil plans. Now his foolish idealism embarrasses him. Outside the embassy gates, Jewish schoolteacher Eva Weitzman prays for a miracle. Without a British passport, she will fall into the Nazis' clutches. Who will live and who will die? Will anyone dare to stand against the apathy of the nations? | ||
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Encore, Zion Covenant Series #8 By: Bodie Thoene, Brock Thoene |
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Hitler's chilling secret is
revealed. But will anyone believe it in time to save the sleeping neutral
nations?
American journalist Josephine Marlow knows firsthand the horrors of war--the bombs, the senseless slaughter when Warsaw fell to the Nazis. Now assigned to the Paris AP office, Josie sees the impending danger. Spies have already infiltrated the countries of Belgium and Holland and stand ready to assist with the invasion. Will they finally turn the tide of the war? |
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Crescendo, Zion Covenant Series #9 By: Bodie Thoene, Brock Thoene |
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As spring 1940 unfolds in Paris,
war is inevitable. AP journalist Josephine Marlow is asked to undertake a
dangerous journey back into the borders of the Reich—just when the Fuhrer is
gathering his forces for another invasion. If she is successful, a child will
live. If not, he will die. And many other children, too.
French colonel Andre Chardon knows that the undefeated Fuhrer will not hold back his Blitzkrieg long from France. But the plan of attack revealed in a coded message is so audacious that no one believes Andre. Whom can he convince? Who will have the courage to act before thousands of innocents are slaughtered? And is a miracle at Dunkirk Harbor possible? |
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The Zion Chronicles, Volumes 1-5 By: Bodie Thoene, Brock Thoene |
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Follow the post-World War II struggles of the infant nation of Israel---and gain a new and accurate understanding of the Middle East! Includes The Gates of Zion, A Daughter of Zion, The Return to Zion, A Light in Zion, and The Key to Zion. Approx. 350 pages each.
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The Gates of Zion, The Zion Chronicles #1 By: Bodie Thoene, Brock Thoene |
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Ellie Warne, a young American photojournalist, finds herself
in Jerusalem in 1947. She unwittingly becomes a pawn in a political chess
game when she photographs some ancient scrolls discovered by Bedouins. Who
would guess that a few innocent photos could entangle her in such a desperate
web of intrigue and peril?
David Meyer seems to love her dearly, but Moshe Sachar has a purpose and commitment in life that intrigues her more than she can say. Through it all, Ellie discovers a people, a spirit, and a person who profoundly change the direction of her life. |
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A Daughter of Zion, The Zion Chronicles #2 By: Bodie Thoene, Brock Thoene |
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She survived the holocaust at great personal cost. But will her past now destroy her? It's January 1948. After suffering the horrors of years in a Nazi concentration camp, Rachel Lubetkin has at last come home to Jerusalem ... and the family who thought she was dead. But the mark on her arm has also marked her heart. Will her secrets, if revealed, discredit her among her own people? | ||
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Return to Zion, The Zion
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The old city of Jerusalem is under seige in February 1948. Food, fuel, and weapons are scarce. The U.S. arms embargo against the Jews is still in effect--although the British openly sell weapons to the Arabs. David Meyer is given a dangerous assignment--to hire pilots and buy planes that could fly to Palestine the instant statehood is declared. It could cost him his U.S. citizenship, and Ellie, his bride, would be in harm's way. David had signed up for the war, but not to carry the weight of a nation. Especially when betrayal swirls in the air. |
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The fourth book in The Zion Chronicles opens in April 1948, six weeks before the final evacuation of the British from Israel. The dream for the rebirth of the Jewish nation now appears doomed to extinction. The British have almost totally withdrawn from any interference between the battles of the nearly unarmed Jews and the Arab soldiers of Haj Amin Husseni. Will Passover hold another miracle for the Jewish nation? | ||
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The Key to Zion, The Zion Chronicles #5 By: Bodie Thoene, Brock Thoene |
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The British are in the final stages of their military evacuation from Palestine. Haj Amin Husseini and the Arab Palestinians have been impatiently awaiting this day, but their power has gradually eroded. Five Middle Eastern nations have gathered around the tiny country to divide it up for themselves, totally ignoring the interests of the Palestinians in their greedy conspiracy to destroy the Jews. While the Jewish Haganah frantically trains it's pilots in fighter planes — which they, ironically, have bought from Germany — Moshe is still attempting to supply the Old City of Jerusalem with food. Rabbi Lebowitz has waited a lifetime for this moment. No Jew has held the key to the Gate of Zion since AD 70. Yet on May 14,1948, the day of Israel's statehood, the British will turn that key—the symbol of his hope for the nation—over to him. But before the British evacuate, full scale fighting breaks out. Five Middle Eastern nations gather around Palestine to divide it among themselves. Caught in the middle, the native Palestinians flee. Is there any hope for peace? for stopping the bloodshed? | ||
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Zion Legacy Series, Volumes 1-6 By: Bodie Thoene, Brock Thoene |
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Jerusalem Vigil, Zion Legacy
Series #1 By: Bodie Thoene, Brock Thoene |
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It is early afternoon on May 14,
1948, in the world's most sacred city. Tension is high, as this is the day
when the British troops will hand over the key to Zion Gate and depart. They
will leave Jewish and Muslim forces that have been fighting over control of a
holy city they are all willing to die for. Caught up in this historic moment
are a striking cast of characters whose stories make Jerusalem Vigil an
unforgettable novel that is impossible to put down. During the days following Israel's birth on May 14, 1948, Jewish forces desperately fight to defend Jerusalem's Jewish quarter from Arab attack. Archaeologist and Haganah commander Moshe Sachar can think only about his pregnant wife and the battle—until an old rabbi leads him on an amazing underground journey, revealing ancient treasures from Solomon's temple. |
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Thunder From Jerusalem, Zion Legacy Series #2 By: Bodie Thoene, Brock Thoene |
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Thunder from Jerusalem opens in
the twilight hours of May 19, 1948. The state of Israel is five days old, and
— under attack from all points of the compass — its life hangs by a thread.
The world's most sacred city has reached a crucial moment in its rich
history, under siege by the entrenched Muslim and Jewish forces fighting
furiously over a holy land both sides are willing to die for. A city filled
with heroism and tragedy is evoked by the authors in the second book in this
series. After months of privation the siege of Jerusalem's Old City is lifted as patriot soldiers break through Zion Gate, and Moshe Sachar and the Haganah wrest Jerusalem's Old City from Arab control. But it is only the beginning of a long battle, as harrowing as it is glorious, for this ancient enclave. Jewish forces need a miracle to keep their prize. Little do they realize that their only hope lies with two elderly nuns, a streetwise Arab boy, and a mysterious old gardener with ugly gashes on his palms. There unfolds a tale of heroism and tragedy, of romance, pathos, and triumph. Thunder from Jerusalem is unforgettable in its timely blend of superb storytelling, historical authenticity, and spiritual adventure. |
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Jerusalem's Heart, Zion Legacy Series #3 By: Bodie Thoene, Brock Thoene |
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Jerusalem's Heart, the third installment, opens on May 23, 1948, in the maelstrom of the conflict between Jewish and Muslim forces. Nine days of brutal fighting have passed since the new State of Israel was proclaimed. The Zion Gate is now closed and supplies for the Haganah patriots who are struggling to hold on to the Old City are quickly running out. Inside the city, the spirit of the valiant defenders threatens to fail. The leading Haganah strategist, Moshe Sachar, is trapped in enemy territory and desperately races to reach those still fighting for the Old City, along with his pregnant wife, Rachel. Her grandfather sees a prophecy of hope for Jerusalem, but can Moshe reach them before the attacks overtake them and it is too late? |
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Zion Legacy #4: Jerusalem's Scrolls By: Bodie Thoene, Brock Thoene |
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Israel is still in its infancy as Jewish forces struggle to wrest Jerusalem from Arab control. After days of brutal fighting against Arab forces, Moshe Sachar, the courageous leader of the Israelis, escapes to a tunnel under the Old City and discovers sacred scrolls that tell the history of his faith and people. Opening a scroll, Moshe becomes immersed in an extraordinary story from the first century A.D., that of Miryam, a beautiful yet troubled young widow, Marcus, her Roman suitor. When a mysterious prophet threatens the Roman empire, Miryam's quest for love and forgiveness draws them all into a dangerous, manipulative plan that will change the course of history. | ||
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Zion Legacy #5: Stones of Jerusalem By: Bodie Thoene, Brock Thoene |
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In The Jerusalem Scrolls,
the fourth installment in the bestselling Zion Legacy series, Bodie and Brock
Thoene transported readers from the heroic battle for Jerusalem in 1948 -
vividly brought to life in the previous books in the series - to an ancient
biblical story in this sacred city. Stones of Jerusalem, the fifth
episode, continues this extraordinary tale of faith and love set in the first
century A.D. The Old City has fallen. In the midst of the destruction, Moshe Sachar, the courageous Israeli leader, remains in a tunnel safely hidden deep below ground. There he guards one of the few remaining treasures of Jewish antiquity: ancient, sacred scrolls that tell of a long, heroic history. With the instructions of an elder rabbi, Moshe opens a scroll as he has done before, and again he becomes immersed in the story of Marcus, a Roman centurion, and Miryam, the troubled young woman he loves. Their timeless love story is set against the corrupt and tumultuous politics of the Roman empire. Caught up in this dramatic moments in history is Avel, a poor young Jewish orphan fighting for survival on the streets of Jerusalem, who, searching for comfort after his best friend is killed by Roman soldiers, vows revenge. As word of miraculous deeds performed by the mysterious prophet Yeshua spreads throughout the people, his followers swell in numbers, and Roman officials fear a threat to the state. When Yeshua's cousin is brutally murdered at a Roman festival, tensions escalate, and Yeshua's fate becomes all the more uncertain. In Stones of Jerusalem, the gripping plights of this striking cast of biblical characters are framed by a beautiful romance in a rich tapestry of superb storytelling and historical authenticity. Once again, Bodie and Brock Thoene will transfix readers with this page-turning novel and leave them eager for the next book in the series, Jerusalem's Hope. |
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Zion Legacy #6: Jerusalem’s Hope By: Bodie Thoene, Brock Thoene |
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The sixth book in these ongoing
chronicles, vividly recreates a timeless tale of faith, love and redemption
from the first century . As the novel opens, strategist Moshe Sachar remains
hidden in a secret tunnel beneath the Temple Mount, safely removed from the
chaos of the1948 war of independence, while mourners at the funeral of an
elder rabbi weep above him. Using the instructions the rabbi left him before
his death, Moshe opens another sacred scroll and is transported again to the
dramatic biblical story odf a charismatic but mysterious prophet, Yeshua. As
word of the miracles performed by Yeshua spreads, peopole whose lives he has
touched are caught up in destiny. A Roman centurion, in love with a Hebrew
beauty--is torn between his growing admiration for the enemy and his duty as
a soldier. On the dangerous road to Jerusalem at Passover, bloody violence
erupts, threatening the future of the Roman state and the surprising Identity
of Yeshua is revealed. |
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