Critics are raving about Ted Dekker’s new book A.D. 30: A Novel. Readers will experience the story of Jesus as they never have before. Publisher’s Weekly said, “The reigning king of Christian thrillers…kicks down the door of biblical fiction.” Booklist said, “This is the kind of book term ‘sweeping epic’ was made for.”

A.D. 30: A Novel is about the outcast daughter of one of the most powerful Bedouin sheikhs in Arabia, Maviah is called on to protect the very people who rejected her. When their enemies launch a sudden attack with devastating consequences, Maviah escapes with the help of two of her father’s warriors – Saba who speaks more with is sword than his voice and Judah, a Jew who comes from a tribe that can read the stars. Their journey will be fraught with terrible danger. If they can survive the vast forbidding sands of a desert that is deadly to most, they will reach a brutal world subjugated by kings and emperors. There Maviah must secure an unlikely alliance with King Herod of the Jews.

But Maviah’s path leads her unexpectedly to another man. An enigmatic teacher who speaks of a way in this life which offers greater power than any kingdom. His name is Yeshua, and his words turn everything known on its head. Though following him may present even greater danger, his may be the only way for Maviah to save her people – and herself.

Dekker is a NY Times bestselling author of more than thirty successful novels.  He is known for his books that are centered around adventure and intensity- and the intense battle between good and evil.

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