It was not his dream; it was his destiny, and the journey it required would surely mean death. Who was he—a simple Rabbi born the lowly son of a Bedouin Shepherd—to go up against the Roman Army? Would he turn his back on his calling or follow his path to its deadly end? Only he could save the sacred texts lying within the walls of Jerusalem’s great Temple. Caesar would see the city destroyed and the Temple reduced to rubble in his bid to conquer the Jews—and the rising Christ-followers among them. Blood would be shed to save the scrolls … but how?
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Spencer Hawke was born in England and started traveling as a young boy seeking adventure. At twenty-one, he took off with a friend for Africa and crossed the continent North to South through the Sahara, sometimes on foot, as their old Land Rover did not want to travel as far as they did. Eight months later, having dodged many conflicts and machine-gun-toting patrols, the pair rolled into South Africa bound for Australia. In Johannesburg he met a Brazilian girl who professed undying love for him. He changed his ticket and flew off to Rio de Janeiro in search of the beauty. Once in Rio, she was nowhere to be found. Short on funds, he stayed and got a job with General Motors in Sao Paulo. Eight years and two children later, he had accumulated enough money to take off again for what he thought his final destination. Landing in Oklahoma in the middle of the 1980s oil boom, he and his children made a home in Oklahoma City. Today he is raising another gift from God, Grandson Devon, who is already a chip off the old block—an avid adventurer