Obedient
Unto Death
Christian
historical fiction
March
22, 2022
355 pp
$15.99 Print
$4.99 Ebook
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About the Book
Christians under the rule of
Emperor Domitian walk a lethal tight-rope between evangelism and martyrdom.
Sabina, a young Christian widow, knows this better than most, her Roman
magistrate father is sworn to uphold the decrees of Rome and arrest any Christian
who refuses to worship the Emperor.
Her separate worlds collide when a young
scribe is murdered at a house church, and her pastor confesses to the crime.
With his execution imminent, Sabina sets out to prove his innocence, but to do
so she must defy the laws banning her faith, and step beyond the privileged and
sheltered world she has grown-up in.
When a pagan idol is found hidden in the
dead man’s robe, she soon discovers the life of this faithful scribe is
anything but simple. Dogged by the scribe’s brother demanding justice for the
death, they begrudgingly agree to join forces. They uncover fragments of a
burnt scroll leading to the underworld of a mysterious Gnostic sect. The closer
she gets to solving the murder, the more she endangers her family, the security
of her Christian community, and her life. Can this collision between faith and
Roman law bring anything but disaster?
My
Revew
Eyerly’s
debut is a deeply moving mystery set in an exotic location during treacherous
times. In ancient Ephesus, a death at a forbidden Christian worship service
rocks the early church. One of the worshippers happens to be the daughter of
the Roman magistrate of the cosmopolitan Greek city. Sabina is not willing to
call her friend Benjamin’s death an accident or the will of God, and uses her
unusual upbringing as the lonely daughter of a single father who raised her to
challenge myth and tales through the lens of practical stoicism and facts.
Obedient
Unto Death is a fascinating mix of faith and life in ancient times, told in a
way that brings Ephesus to life. Readers walk with Sabina as she defies the
Romans, the Ephesians who want to ban the Christian sect, other secret sects,
and even her family and friends to get to the truth behind the death of a rising
leader in her church.
Told through Sabina’s eyes, this inspirational story set during the era of the early church will keep you turning pages as she uses the four days her father gives her to unmask the real murderer or watch their congregation’s pastor die for the crime. Sabina finds Benjamin’s brother dodging her steps as he, too, is on a quest to find his brother’s killer, as well as learn more about his life. Colorful characters from Sabina’s cool, classic Roman father to her nurse to church members who all seem to have some sort of secret people this un-putdownable book. Standalone, but with future stories to come, readers who enjoy mysteries in any era will find much to love about Obedient Unto Death.
About the Author
Liisa Eyerly is the author of two
Christian mystery novels set in ancient Ephesus. She is a retired elementary
teacher and school librarian but will never retire from inciting the thrill of
reading in all ages.
She has lived in some of the most
beautiful areas of the U.S. The passion for exploring new places and connecting
with people began there and inspired her writing. Her publishing career started
after getting married, teaching, raising three children, opening a small
business, closing her small business, and finally getting serious about
writing. Check out her blog at www.liisaeyerly.com
