Blades of Valor Sigmund Brouwer

This is the fourth and final book of written by Sigmund Brouwer. It would have been better that I had started with the first book, The Orphan King. However, I did read the third book Martyr’s Fire. This book, the Blade of Valor, did a great job of tying up all the loose ends.  I enjoyed this book much better than the second. The eternal battle of good and evil is the theme.  Thomas the orphan king was hidden in a monastery and educated by his mother Sarah. The other immortals did not know for sure if Thomas was trustworthy of their cause, or if he had been found and turned by the Druids.  Though I am not much into Druids and Merlin and the Immortals, I can understand where young reader would enjoy this set of books.

   

Normally I read historical fiction and Christian novels. Brief moments of Christian history are mentioned as the characters travel to Jerusalem, Nazareth and the Sea of Galilee. The Crusades and the Holy Land is discussed in chapter one.  One main character, Sir William explained,” Faith is from God, the joy and peace He gives us is our belief in His eternal presence and the belief in His eternal presence and with the belief in His promises to us.” Additionally, a sentence from the Epilogue made it worth my time to read. “Each of us is born into a mortal body, but our souls are immortal. The choices we make in the mortal body have eternal consequences….”

The original keyboard Kindle gave me the pleasure of listening to the book as well as reading along. I also used the Bluefire Reader on my iPad to access the book. I received this ebook free from Multnomah Press to review for Blogging for Books.