Avenger of Blood: A Novel (Apocalypse Diaries, 2)

by John Hagee

Book Overview

In Avengers of Blood the dramatic conflict between historic Christianity and ancient heresies parallels the resurgence of Gnostic and pagan beliefs in the late twentieth century under the guise of the New Age movement. the plot also deals with social issues--such a child abandonment, sanctioned by Roman law in a way that will touch the hearts of pro-life Christians today. As the story continues, released from his exile on Patmos, the apostle John...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0785267891
• ISBN13: 9780785267898
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: Thomas Nelson Inc
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 1.3" x 6.5"

Customer Reviews

Book two in series -- even better than book one!

This is a great read full of suspense and historical accuracy. It's satisfying to "learn truth through fiction."

Avenger of Blood, by John Hagee

Here in 'The Apocalypse Diaries', I think the first book, "Devil's Island", was better. This book was a tale of several couples love stories amid the tribulation of anti-Christian persecution in and around Rome. The birth of a couple babies makes you wonder how they will be featured in the next issue.

Avenger of Blood Soars

Avenger of Blood is the second of a series called `The Apocalypse Diaries', which tell the tale of one families' endeavor to survive the persecutions and torments against Christians in the early first century. Twins Jacob and Peter, along with their sister Rebecca, are the only survivors of their immediate family as this books picks up, after having survived persecution during Roman emperor Domitian's reign. Rebecca had endured the hell of Patmos, or Devil's Island, as it was commonly known, with John the Apostle. There, she was brutally attacked by a Roman officer named Damien and ultimately bore his child. Once home, it is up to Peter and Jacob, who suffered in different ways, to guide the family through their lingering grief and difficulties. Peter takes up the reins of the family shipping business, while Jacob, intent upon revenge, sets out to find and punish Damien, who reenters their lives just as they're trying to rebuild them.So begins this tale riddled with volatile emotions... faith and love and hatred and vengeance. It's a story filled with wonderfully developed, three-dimensional characters, replete with weaknesses and strengths, each of whom strive to find the right path to follow in life. A riveting, action filled tale filled with romance, suspense, murder and subtle history, all rolled into one, makes it one exciting book written of a rarely explored time period. What makes Avenger of Blood stand head and shoulders above so many others is the ability and depths to which the author deftly explores the doubts of this new faith that at times plague his characters. He does so with understanding and compassion for those characters, breathing life into them with extraordinary ease. An excellent plot and richly fleshed out characters coupled with a smooth and easily readable prose makes Avenger of Blood an exciting reading experience for young and old alike.