The Hadassah Covenant - Tapa dura

This sequel to Hadassah parallels the lives of Hadassah and Queen Esther in modern day Israel and the Persian kingdom. Each woman must remain strong as she fights for her people. The modern-day Hadassah, introduced to readers in the previous novel, is the wife of Israel's Prime Minister, with all its reflected power but also its isolation. The inner pain she feels as her beloved land and people are terrorized by political strife and bombings is made even more personal as her own father comes under attack. And then she learns of information that could have tragic repercussions on Jews living in Iraq, where Queen Esther had laid her own life on the line to save her people. The successor to Xerxes has no love for the Jews, and when he discovers the Star of David medallion on Leah (the young queen's candidate Esther wrote to in Hadassah), he is outraged. Leah is delegated to the rejected category, virtually a prisoner for life in the king's palace, with no hope and no future. Will Queen Esther and Mordecai be able to rescue Leah from the ash heap of Persian royal tradition? And even if they can, will Leah ever be able to truly love someone after all she has been through?

Tommy Tenney is the author of the million copy bestseller The God Chaser. A prolific author, he has more than three million books in print in over 30 languages. He speaks in over 150 venues around the world each year, sharing his heart with many thousands. Mark Andrew Olsen is a full-time writer and the author of The Assignment. He grew up in France, the son of missionaries, and is a Professional Writing graduate of Baylor University. He and his wife, Connie, and their three children make their home in the