This is the time of Rome’s decline and the decadence of a civilization on the verge of self-destruction serves as a powerful backdrop to the Barbarian’s struggle for survival in the arena. Is it possible for a love between Hadassah and Marcus to flourish considering not only their differing stations in life, but also the gap between Hadassah’s unrelenting faith and Marcus’ lack of belief in anything? Simultaneously, Atretes, a captured soldier from Germania, is forced to become a gladiator. From the author of Redeeming Love, the novel that sold over a million copies & captured the hearts of readers, comes A Voice in The Wind, Book One of the. But Julia’s brother, Marcus, is a different sort altogether.

List of Poems did not appear in original book. Reckless, impulsive, and villainous, Julia tries to undermine Hadassah at every turn. The Project Gutenberg EBook of A Voice on the Wind, by Madison Julius Cawein This eBook is for the use of. Confused and alone, she has only her faith to cling to as she tries to subtly bring God into the lives of her captors. Hadassah struggles to walk in the footsteps of Jesus and to treat her masters in a manner in keeping with His teachings, but she is forced to keep her religious identity a secret in order to survive.

Brought to Rome, she is pressed into service as a personal slave to hedonistic Julia Valerian. After surviving the massacre of her family and the destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans, Hadassah is captured and sold to a well-to-do merchant’s family. Following the prides and passions of a group of Jews, Romans and Barbarians living at the time of the siege, the narrative is centered on an ill-fated romance between a steadfast slave girl, Hadassah, and Marcus, the brother of her owner and a handsome aristocrat.

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