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    The Hadassah Covenant
    The Hadassah Covenant
    The Hadassah Covenant
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    The Hadassah Covenant

    By Tommy Tenney and Mark Andrew Olsen

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    The modern-day Hadassah, introduced to readers in the previous novel, is the wife of Israel's Prime Minister, with all its reflected power but also its isolation. The inner pain she feels as her beloved land and people are terrorized by political strife and bombings is made even more personal as her own father comes under attack. And then she learns of information that could have tragic repercussions on Jews living in Iraq, where Queen Esther had laid her own life on the line to save her people. The successor to Xerxes has no love for the Jews, and when he discovers the Star of David medallion on Leah (the young queen's candidate Esther wrote to in Hadassah), he is outraged. Leah is delegated to the "rejected" category, virtually a prisoner for life in the king's palace, with no hope and no future.Will Queen Esther and Mordecai be able to rescue Leah from the "ash heap" of Persian royal tradition? And even if they can, will Leah ever be able to truly love someone after all she has been through?
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBaker Publishing Group
    Release dateNov 1, 2006
    ISBN9781441211743
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    Tommy Tenney

    Tenney is the author of the best-selling book, The God Chasers. He has spent more than 10 years pastoring and more than 20 years in a traveling ministry visiting more than 40 countries. He and his wife, Jeannie, live in Louisiana with their three daughters.

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    • 5/5
      I am not completely done reading this book, but it is based upon the Book of Esther from the Bible. It is written as a work of fiction as to what Esther's life really could have been like. I love these types of books because they bring the Bible stories to life in a way we can better understand them. This book holds your attention, right down to the details. This book explains a lot about how Esther was groomed to be Queen. When she becomes Queen, she realizes the power she has and how she can use it to save her people, the people no one knows she is of. The Jewish people.
    • 5/5
      What a wonderful book, I must say!!!!
      I believe God spoke to me throughout the novel, showing how His love is the greatest among , dare I say, many.
      I could hardly stop reading. I would encourage others to read this and also One night with the King. I was so blessed☺☺
    • 5/5
      Her unlikely marriage to the King of Persia. The saving of her people. Queen Esther's life doesn't end right after the first Feast of Purim, and ongoing intrigues play into a critical political time, centuries later—when mortal danger again faces a prominent woman and her people in The Hadassah Covenant by authors Tommy Tenney and Mark Andrew Olsen.It's been over a decade since the first time I read this dual-timeline thriller, the sequel to Hadassah: One Night With the King. I'd forgotten most of the modern-day side of the plot in this second novel, so I had the chance to view it with fresh eyes.The novel has its share of tragedy and violence, sometimes a cruel and bloody reflection of what twisted people inflict upon other human beings. The story further illustrates how what happened with Esther and Xerxes was no romantic fairy tale, and the queen's legendary, heroic acts didn't mean smooth sailing from then on.Now, there are several places in the novel where the historical characters unnaturally narrate events in their pasts, making explanations to each other that are obviously just for the reader's benefit. Also, the novel is pretty slow-paced for a thriller. With such a density of pivotal turns, it seems so many of the moments must be extremes, with prolonged descriptions of their significance.Yet, the density ultimately works in favor of the rich plot, along with the affecting imagery, the sharp sense of atmosphere, and the depth of emotion. The characters' collective journey makes a compelling case for purpose that outlives the limelight and premature conclusions.After more than ten years, I found this story powerful all over again.

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