BETHEL LUTHERAN CHURCH and PRESCHOOL

Thunder from Jerusalem

Thunder from Jerusalem, the second book in the best-selling Zion Legacy Series, opens in the early morning hours of May 19. 1948. The new State of Israel is just five days old, and the entrenched Muslim and Jewish forces fight furiously over a holy land they are willing to die for. At this moment, after months of struggle, the siege of Jerusalem's Old City is lifted as patriot soldiers break through the Zion Gate. But the celebration cannot last long, for this is only the beginning of a long battle, ancient in its roots, and as harrowing as it is glorious. 

As they have in Jerusalem Vigil, the first book in this series, as well as in their earlier series, The Zion Chronicles and The Zion Covenant,Bodie and Brock Thoene transfix readers by bringing to life the stories of a striking cast of characters who are involved in this momentous turning point in the history of the world's most sacred city. 

 Moshe Sachar, a professor and strategist for the Haganah group, must keep the Haganah momentum alive in the face of a dissenting mayor and a disguised SS assassin who has infiltrated the group. Rachel, his pregnant wife, tends to the growing numbers of wounded soldiers and civilians at the hospital. 

These gripping tales as well as the other stories of heroism and tragedy, of romance and triumph in Thunder from Jerusalem will enthrall readers and make them eager for the next installment in the Zion Legacy Series, Jerusalem's Heart. The extraordinary blend of superb storytelling, historical authenticity, and heart stopping adventure that the Thoenes capture in this superb saga make these books unforgettable and impossible to put down.

BODIE & BROCK THOENE, with degrees in creative writing and history, respectively. are the authors of thirty three novels, including the best selling series The Zion Chronicles and The Zion Covenant. Together they have won eight Evangelical Christian Publishers Gold Medallion awards. The Thoenes live in Nevada and in London, England.

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