When Leah and Shimon arrive in Jerusalem they find themselves pitted in a struggle against a sinister darkness which could threaten their safety in the new homeland.

Yod, a young girl born in a colony for lepers lays waiting in the Dying Cave, hoping for a miracle; and meanwhile, Melchoir, the former court astronomer for King Phraates of Parthia, prays for a miracle to save his drunken embarrassment of a son, Daniel.

"After years in exile, Iddo and his grandson Zechariah follow God's leading home to Jerusalem, where they struggle to rebuild their lives and God's temple--bringing to life the biblical books of Ezra and Nehemiah"--Provided by publisher.

Taking refuge beneath the Temple Mount during the 1948 war of independence, Israeli strategist Moshe Sachar opens another of the temple's ancient scrolls and reads about dramatic happenings in the first century A.D.

For Jon and Erin Bennett, the world seems to be spinning dangerously out of control. A new dictator is rising in Iraq. China is making threatening new moves toward Taiwan. North Korean forces appear ready to strike south. Israel is feverishly trying to complete the Third Temple. Oil prices are surging. And in the wake of an horrific war in the Middle East, President James MacPherson's second term is coming to an end. Now the battle to succeed him...

Three families, three stories--yet in the grand design of the Lord, they interwtine as one. This fourth volume in the Promised Land saga bridges ancient and modern times to reveal the unfolding of a marvelous work and a wonder as the sons of Lehi, a Sephardic Jew, and Joseph Smith Jr. are influenced in important ways by the Day of Remembrance.

"In the half a square mile of decay and demolition that was England's Saxon capital, eternity is loitering between the firetrap housing projects. Embedded in the grubby amber of the district's narrative among its saints, kings, prostitutes, and derelicts a different kind of human time is happening, a soiled simultaneity that does not differentiate between the petrolcolored puddles and the fractured dreams of those who navigate them. Fiends last mentioned...

A donkey tells how he reluctantly played a part in Jesus' entry into Jerusalem on the first Palm Sunday.