She had the dream of becoming a published author right from her childhood days. Francine was born to a police officer father, while her mother was a nurse. One of the other novels written by her, The Lat Sin Eater has been adapted into a feature film. Francine is best known for writing the inspirational novel Redeeming Love. It was in the year 1986 that she started writing Christian fiction novels. She was born in the year 1947 in the United States and used to write her novels on the historical romance theme in the beginning. Here a whole new world unfolds as Atretes is confronted with Christianity, loyalty, love, friendship, family and tradition.Francine Rivers is one of the New York Times Bestselling authors from America who has written several successful novel series’ based on the Romance, Historical and Christian Fiction genres. This novel covers the search for his believed dead son, finding him with a widowed Christian woman, Rizpah, and their travels back to Atretes' homeland in Germania. Meanwhile, Marcus, believing that Hadassah is dead, tries to deal with his grief by travelling to Israel (Hadassah's homeland) and learning about Hadassah's God.Īs Sure as the Dawn (1995) is rather a split of A Voice in the Wind than a follow-up of An Echo in the Darkness following the life of Atretes after he won his freedom in the arena. Although she remains crippled, she regains the ability to walk and talk. On a sudden impulse, Alexander saves Hadassah and nurses her back to health. He finds that the lion has struck no vital organs. He chooses Hadassah's because she shows signs of life, and it is illegal to examine a dead body. A young physician, Alexander, must choose one of the mauled bodies in the arena, so that he can examine it and further his knowledge as a physician. Throughout the book, readers receive a glimpse of the extreme faith and love Hadassah has for her God, and the way it impacts the people she meets.Īn Echo in the Darkness (1994) begins where A Voice in the Wind left off, in the arena where Hadassah is thrown to the lions. The novel follows the lives of Hadassah, a young Jewish girl captured when the Romans destroyed Jerusalem and is sold into slavery yet still holds firm to her faith in God Marcus, a wealthy Roman aristocrat determined to get the most out of life Julia, Marcus' younger sister, a high-spirited girl who desires to be happy and control her own life who is served by Hadassah and Atretes, the high chief of a Germanic tribe who is captured and sold to be a gladiator. A Voice in the Wind (1993) is the first novel in Francine Rivers' Mark of the Lion Series.

The mark of the lion trilogy