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As Sure as the Dawn (Mark of the Lion #3) |  | Author: Francine Rivers
Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
Category: Book
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Rating:  60 reviews
Sales Rank: 5531
Media: Paperback
Edition: 10 Anv
Pages: 508
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Dimensions (in): 8.2 x 5.3 x 1.5
ISBN: 0842339760
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780842339766
ASIN: 0842339760
Publication Date: March 1, 1998
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Atretes and Rizpah discover the fires of faith and their own burning devotion to a Lord who draws them into a love that is as sure as the dawn. Spanish available Download Atretes. German warri
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 As Sure As The Dawn... February 16, 2010
M (I wait behind the wall, gnawing away at your reality)
After the happy ending that Marcus and Hadassah got in the previous book, I wondered what this book would be about, and was immensely pleased to see that it would be about Atretes, and his son (the baby that Julia abandoned) and Atretes trying to get his son back. It's humorous how the baby has become so attached to Rizpah that when Atretes reclaims the baby and gets it a new wet nurse (A Germanic one to boot) the baby refuses the milk, and lo and behold, Rizpah is waiting outside, having known this would happen. At first the relationship is rather tenuous, since all Rizpah is (to Atretes) is a wet nurse for the child, but they grow closer, and I liked that.
It was interesting when Atretes decides to travel to his family, and Anomia's guile as she tries to win Atretes' heart, even resorting to commanding one of the villagers to kill another man (Sorry hun, but that's not true love) I found the ending a bit cliched - the Christianity message comes on very strong to the point of feeling almost forced, but the book is very well-researched and well-written, so this book is overall a very enjoyable read.
 as sure as the dawn February 8, 2010
Barbara M. Fritz
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
this is a great book . I could not put it down. Was trying to cook and read .iron and read read and do every thing but drive.
Love this book! November 22, 2009
Dawn ~ (Maryland)
Francine Rivers is a new favorite of mine! Loved the characters of Atretes and Rizpah and all they endured together. This book was wonderfully written and truly shows how God can save anyone from the pits of hell if you just accept Him. I was literally on my knees at the end of this book praising God that I am his daughter! It renewed and uplifted me and left me emotionally drained....in a good way! An awesome book! I wish there was another to read after this one!!!
 Could have been better November 4, 2009
J. Liniger
Francine Rivers is a wonderful writer and so it is very well written and I enjoyed the story. I love how she weaves scripture into their speaking where it seems like normal conversation. Just like all the books there were moments where I could not put it down and moments where it dragged a little. If you were to keep this book exactly as written, something that I think would have really improved both this book and the 2nd book is for them to have been combined. All during the reading of the 2nd book, I kept wondering about Atretes and expecting him to show up at some point, and I was sort of hoping that Hadassah to be in the third. It could have been edited to put some of book 3 into book 2. Book 2 could have ended with after Marcus's salvation he returns and brings Julia home and the turmoil of Hadassah having to live under the same roof as Marcus again and ended with Atretes being arrested by Theophilus and "going" to the arena. This would have been a very exciting ended to both stories and carried you into book 3 which could have then told the end of both stories and we would have appreciated the closure given.
** Please do not read unless you have read the book*** SPOILERS
I felt like Atretes and Rizpah's love story was too similar to Hadassah's and Marcus's and would have preferred Rizpah with Theophilus just for a change. I know it would have completely changed the story but it would have been more original and a challenge. Atretes could still have loved her when she "died" but they would not have been immediately married which is something that bothered me.
I also really did not like the ending. To me she was being called a harlot because she had been previously married and was WIDOWED!! I mean does this tribe not allow people to remarry after the death of their spouse? Technically she could have been sentenced as a harlot had they known of her life before her marriage, BUT that is not what the "trial" was based on. Remember Jesus did not defend himself when he was on trial, it would have been realistic for God to give Rizpah a peace of saying nothing to her charges. Then I think Atretes should have been able to remember that he had told Anomia ONLY that Rizpah was a widow not a harlot. If she wanted to have a miracle at the end then it should have been a blinding angle and them all run away, etc. instead of her "escaping" death again. It has turn Rizpah into a cat with 9 lives, lol.
A new favorite book October 9, 2009
Writer Mom (Mountain Brook, Alabama)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The first and second books in this series combined are my new favorite novel of all time. This one is different. At first it was a little frustrating that it is so different with its focus on different characters. But this is the one I will re-read over and over. A powerful story, beautifully written.
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