WHEN THE NILE RUNS RED
by DiAnn Mills
Moody Publishers
2007
Paul Farid is a wanted man. His family considers him a traitor and has
put a price on his head. Can he ever shake loose from his Muslim
heritage? Maybe he should move to the United States where he and
his wife Larsen could live in relative peace and security. His desire to
keep his family safe only intensifies when he discovers she is pregnant
and they adopt an orphan newborn whose young mother has been
killed during rising tensions between the North and South Sudan. The
fragile peace treaty seems almost a farce. Death tolls from in-fighting
continue to rise. Now Paul has been contacted by his brother. Does he
really have an interest in Christianity or has he set a trap for Paul? Bad
enough his life is at risk, but he must now think of his family’s safety. He
struggles with the reality he is not strong enough to guarantee their
safety. Not in this wild land. Can he learn to surrender this protection to
God?
Larson wants to be a good wife. Their plans not to have a child are
disrupted when she discovers she is pregnant. Then she adopts a
motherless child. Now that she is a mother and expecting another child,
is she wrong to bring up children in this unstable situation? She sees
the strain Paul’s worries cause him. Should she give up her
commitment to practice medicine in this hostile and primitive region?
What does God require of them?
Ben Alier struggles with Larson’s rejection and marriage to his friend,
Paul Farid. When he learns of his life-threatening illness, Ben confronts
his past. He has an out of wedlock son. He wonders if he should marry
the boy’s mother and set his life in order before he dies. He becomes
entwined with Paul and Larsen yet again as he helps Paul work through
the on-going threats against his family and Paul helps Ben comes to
terms with his physical condition.
In this compelling sequel to When the Lion Roars, Diann Mills has
captivated us once again in the lives of these three strong-willed
individuals. This is more than a treatment of man’s inhumanity to man
in a land that is still suffering from the aftermath of a long and brutal
civil war. This is a story of newly wed couple as they struggle to define
their place in the land. It is a story of healing as well as a story of a faith
that holds in the face of danger and trial.
Review by
Linda Rondeau
by DiAnn Mills
Moody Publishers
2007
Paul Farid is a wanted man. His family considers him a traitor and has
put a price on his head. Can he ever shake loose from his Muslim
heritage? Maybe he should move to the United States where he and
his wife Larsen could live in relative peace and security. His desire to
keep his family safe only intensifies when he discovers she is pregnant
and they adopt an orphan newborn whose young mother has been
killed during rising tensions between the North and South Sudan. The
fragile peace treaty seems almost a farce. Death tolls from in-fighting
continue to rise. Now Paul has been contacted by his brother. Does he
really have an interest in Christianity or has he set a trap for Paul? Bad
enough his life is at risk, but he must now think of his family’s safety. He
struggles with the reality he is not strong enough to guarantee their
safety. Not in this wild land. Can he learn to surrender this protection to
God?
Larson wants to be a good wife. Their plans not to have a child are
disrupted when she discovers she is pregnant. Then she adopts a
motherless child. Now that she is a mother and expecting another child,
is she wrong to bring up children in this unstable situation? She sees
the strain Paul’s worries cause him. Should she give up her
commitment to practice medicine in this hostile and primitive region?
What does God require of them?
Ben Alier struggles with Larson’s rejection and marriage to his friend,
Paul Farid. When he learns of his life-threatening illness, Ben confronts
his past. He has an out of wedlock son. He wonders if he should marry
the boy’s mother and set his life in order before he dies. He becomes
entwined with Paul and Larsen yet again as he helps Paul work through
the on-going threats against his family and Paul helps Ben comes to
terms with his physical condition.
In this compelling sequel to When the Lion Roars, Diann Mills has
captivated us once again in the lives of these three strong-willed
individuals. This is more than a treatment of man’s inhumanity to man
in a land that is still suffering from the aftermath of a long and brutal
civil war. This is a story of newly wed couple as they struggle to define
their place in the land. It is a story of healing as well as a story of a faith
that holds in the face of danger and trial.
Review by
Linda Rondeau
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