At the Edge of Promises
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It is 1637, and religious conflict ebbs and flows across Europe. After decades of peace in England, young men become mercenaries to fight for principle, wealth or adventure. Richard Farrell enlists in the Low Countries, looking for a purpose to his life, and finds love, a career and a series of moral dilemmas. Sir William Brereton, prominent Puritan, and rising star in England’s Parliament, struggles to find God’s task for him in the growing political conflict with the King. Both men have their worlds turned upside down by encounters with the fey and mysterious Marleigh Hume, a woman pursuing a singular goal, to understand the very nature of life itself.
At its heart, the At the Edge of Promises series is about purpose and passion – how religion, love, and politics drive the stories of people through the dramatic upheavals of the Civil War. In Sow the Wind, decisions and actions set wheels of fate in motion - wheels of tragedy, vengeance and redemption - with the interwoven stories coming to surprising and dramatic conclusions in the second book in the series, Reap the Whirlwind.
The country is being torn apart by the Civil War raging between King Charles 1 and Parliament.
Richard Farrell is on a trail of revenge that leads him through the bloodbath of Marston Moor, seeking a murderer guided by the cold hand of the King’s agent.
Sir William Brereton finds his faith severely tested by his struggle for military success, and dreams haunted by memories of a chance encounter years before.
Marleigh Hume finds herself on trial for her life as she fights accusations against herself and her daughter. As her fate again entwines with Farrell and Brereton, the story reaches a dramatic climax, as secrets are revealed, loyalties are upheld and betrayed, and new stories begin.
The At The Edge of Promises series is about purpose and passion, and the events set in motion in Sow The Wind, come to surprising conclusions in Reap The Whirlwind.