Rebecca Bryn
ASIN: B016Z8BKL8
Publisher: Amazon.com Services LLC
Pages: 395
A prophecy, a sacrifice, and a truth that is more terrifying than the legend. Where Hope Dares is set in the High Atlas Mountains of Morocco at some time between the Great Flood and the Second Coming. Kiya is a village healer and her husband, Raphel, is a storyteller, keeping alive the oral traditions of their people. Life is peaceful, ordered, happy, and the most excitement they have is regular visits from Abe, an itinerent peddler who trades across the mountains with his mule, Moses.Abe, however, is not what he seems, and though he has Kiya and Raphel's best interests at heart, he has a secret agendum laid down by a long-dead pope that is sometimes at war with his love for his friends. He has dedicated his long life to watching over the village where Kiya lives, but why? What is it he's not telling her?All goes horribly wrong when a pagan and war-hungry cult from the northern side of ...