#3 As Sure As the Dawn: Atretes. German warrior. Revered gladiator. He won his freedom through his fierceness . . . but his life is about to change forever.

Endorsements
"A literary gem and a Christian witness such as I've seldom, if ever, read." --Gilbert Morris, best-selling author

"As Sure As the Dawn provides compelling characters who reveal through their lives the destruction of anger and the power of forgiveness! This book is entertaining, yet powerful in its message." --Stephen Arterburn

"Not since Frank Peretti's books about spiritual warfare has Christian fiction seen the power inherent in Francine Rivers's series." --Jane Orcutt, author of Lullaby and The Living Stone

"As Sure As the Dawn is an emotionally driven drama that awakens in you the forgotten aspects of purity and tenderness. What exciting reading!" --Beverly LaHaye, past president and founder of Concerned Women for America

"Every one of Francine's books has gone deep inside and changed me." --Robin Jones Gunn, best-selling author of the Glenbrooke series

"Francine Rivers's Mark of the Lion series were some of the first Christian fiction I'd ever read as an adult. When I finished, I set the last book down with a huge sigh of satisfaction and said to myself, ‘This is how Christian fiction should be written.'" --Kathleen Morgan, best-selling author of the Brides of Culdee Creek series

The Mark of the Lion trilogy contains the award-winning titles A Voice in the Wind, An Echo in the Darkness, and As Sure As the Dawn. The Scarlet Thread earned her a third RWA Rita award and a July, 1997, qualification for the RWA Hall of Fame. The Atonement Child was released in 1997 and remained #1 on the CBA best-seller list for four months. That year Francine also released her "redeemed" version of Redeeming Love and it remains on the CBA best-seller list.

The Lineage of Grace series is Francine's most recent professional success. This critically acclaimed series traces the women in the lineage of Jesus Christ. Its books Unveiled - Tamar, Unashamed - Rahab, Unshaken - Ruth, Unsppoken - Bathsheba (released in July, 2001) and Unafraid - Mary (to be released in October 2001) are the latest triumph of Francine using her writing to draw closer to the Lord. She hopes that through her work, she might worship and praise Jesus for all He does in her life and through her life.

Francine and her husband Rick live in Northern California and enjoy the time spent with their three grown children and every opportunity to spoil their two grandchildren.

The Mark of the Lion trilogy contains the award-winning titles A Voice in the Wind, An Echo in the Darkness, and As Sure As the Dawn. The Scarlet Thread earned her a third RWA Rita award and a July, 1997, qualification for the RWA Hall of Fame. The Atonement Child was released in 1997 and remained #1 on the CBA best-seller list for four months. That year Francine also released her "redeemed" version of Redeeming Love and it remains on the CBA best-seller list.

The Lineage of Grace series is Francine's most recent professional success. This critically acclaimed series traces the women in the lineage of Jesus Christ. Its books Unveiled - Tamar, Unashamed - Rahab, Unshaken - Ruth, Unsppoken - Bathsheba (released in July, 2001) and Unafraid - Mary (to be released in October 2001) are the latest triumph of Francine using her writing to draw closer to the Lord. She hopes that through her work, she might worship and praise Jesus for all He does in her life and through her life.

Francine and her husband Rick live in Northern California and enjoy the time spent with their three grown children and every opportunity to spoil their two grandchildren.