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Swords in the Desert

by Doug Peterson

Book 2 in the Kingdom Come series.

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The five intertwined protagonists from Thrones in the Desert follow the final twelve chapters of Luke as Jesus travels towards Jerusalem. Their loyalties are tested by arrest, betrayal and political violence, and the approach of crucifixion forces each to decide whether self-preservation matters more than the truth they have witnessed.

From Gethsemane and the competing jurisdictions of Herod and Pilate to the cross and the empty tomb, the novel interprets the Passion through people positioned at different levels of first-century society. Its historical detail supports an explicitly Christian narrative of sacrifice, forgiveness and resurrection, with invented private stories woven around the Gospel framework.