A powerful novella of faith, freedom, and divine destiny in ancient Rome.Outside Rome, 190 CE. Magnus has won eight battles in the arena. Four more victories will earn him freedom, but the path to liberty demands more than blood on sand.When a mysterious traveler speaks of a God unlike Rome's cruel deities, Magnus discovers a different kind of strength. As his faith ignites, it spreads like wildfire among his fellow gladiators and the broken children who se...

Honor demanded his sword. Faith demanded his soul. In feudal Japan, a samurai must choose.Sengoku Period, 1600. Akio serves his warlord with absolute loyalty, wielding his katana to expand Lord Yagami's domain. But when he discovers a hidden Christian village, and the healer Mikasa who tends its people, everything he believes about strength and honor begins to crack.As Akio questions whether there's more to life than endless bloodshed, his master's treacher...