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    The Shadow of Death - Book 1: The Shadow of Death (Amish Faith Through Fire), #1
    The Shadow of Death - Book 1: The Shadow of Death (Amish Faith Through Fire), #1
    The Shadow of Death - Book 1: The Shadow of Death (Amish Faith Through Fire), #1
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    The Shadow of Death - Book 1: The Shadow of Death (Amish Faith Through Fire), #1

    By Ruth Price

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    When a tragic loss strikes at the heart of seventeen-year-old Katie Lapp's home, will she find the strength to save her family? Or will depression, rage and loss of faith lead Katie's mamm to make a final, horrifying mistake?

    After seventeen-year-old Katie Lapp's family home is swept away in a flash flood, she believes the worst is over. Katie and Zach, the man she loves, are planning their marriage, and while it's been difficult for her daed, Daniel, to believe in Zach's commitment to stay and build a life with Katie in their Amish community of Faith's Landing, slowly, the two stubborn men are coming to an understanding. But when a tragic loss strikes at the heart of Katie's home, will Katie, with Zach's help, find the strength to hold her family together? Or will depression, rage and loss of faith lead Katie's mamm to make a final, horrifying mistake?

    This is Book 1 of 3 of the Shadow of Death (Amish Faith Through Fire) Serial.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGlobal Grafx Press
    Release dateNov 17, 2014
    ISBN9781502229144
    The Shadow of Death - Book 1: The Shadow of Death (Amish Faith Through Fire), #1

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      The Shadow of Death - Book 1 - Ruth Price

      Chapter 1

      Mud still cakes the streets of Faith’s Landing. We’ve been cleaning and rebuilding for weeks, but traces of the flash flood are still everywhere. Piles of smashed pine planks, heavy with fungus, clutter the gutters. The shops along Freemans Avenue, where the land dips a bit, are still empty, and some haven’t even managed to replace their shattered windows.

      Such a shame, my mamm says, as we sit around a fresh, unfinished quilt in our own new living room. Our house had been completely washed away in the flood, one of the few houses to be so afflicted, and our neighbors gathered to help us rebuild. After only a few weeks, the house is taking shape; frame and walls, windows and plumbing, floors and roof. The basics are all here.

      But it’s not the same, of course. What makes a house a home is the people, and we are all grateful that the people were spared, even if the house had to be sacrificed. But there was so much else; our furniture, clothes, plates, and sundries and necessities, even keepsakes and books (though we never did keep many of them) are not only gone forever, but some of those things just cannot be replaced.

      I never knew how much that old house meant to me, until we lost it, and now I feel as if an old friend has died. And I know life goes on for the living, and one should never obsess over death too much. But it still feels vaguely sad and strange to be living in this new, and disconcertingly empty, house.

      My youngest sister, Martha, two-years-old, is napping. And Esther, who turned six just after the flash flood, started her first year of school the beginning of the month, so Mamm and I make the most of these quiet hours to get as much quilting done as we can. It’s one of our stronger sources of revenue, and though we don’t pursue wealth with any kind of vigor, we still have to do our part to raise the funds needed to heal Faith’s Landing and her citizens, get us all back on our feet.

      Mamm?  She looks up, and I ask, What’s a shame?

      "The flood, of course. That old house; your daed built me that house, built us that house."

      "And now he’s built us this one, I say, trying to keep a cheerful tone, along with Zach and the others."

      Mamm smiles and gazes off. Yes, Zach. He’s quite a young man, isn’t he?  She looks over, and we share a smile, the only answer I need to give her. Mamm looks down at her hands, as progress on the quilt marches forward. You’ll be taking your kneeling vow in October, and, once the harvest is over, come November, we’ll have the wedding right here. That should refresh the family air in this place.  Sadness seems to overtake her, a smile running away from her face. ‘Course, then you’ll be moving into a house of your own.  Though we all know it’s the way of things, for kinner to grow up and step out into the world, since my brother’s death, my mamm has kept us closer to her apron strings than

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