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When the battle with the hive ended in flames, the village Oneness expected to pick up life where they left off.
But fire does not leave anyone unscathed. Haunted by images of the fire and desperate to know the truth about her destiny, April wrestles with inner demons that threaten to cut her off from those she loves most. Meanwhile, Andrew Hunter faces the reality of life with a wife and daughter he does not know--a wife whose resurrection has made her more than a stranger to him.
Six hundred years before, Teresa is equally embattled as questions of life, death, and revelation bring her to the edge of the greatest war of all: the war for humanity's soul.
As their stories converge, the Oneness across the ages must press into the Spirit they hardly know, with only one certain promise:
From the ashes, truth will rise.
But fire does not leave anyone unscathed. Haunted by images of the fire and desperate to know the truth about her destiny, April wrestles with inner demons that threaten to cut her off from those she loves most. Meanwhile, Andrew Hunter faces the reality of life with a wife and daughter he does not know--a wife whose resurrection has made her more than a stranger to him.
Six hundred years before, Teresa is equally embattled as questions of life, death, and revelation bring her to the edge of the greatest war of all: the war for humanity's soul.
As their stories converge, the Oneness across the ages must press into the Spirit they hardly know, with only one certain promise:
From the ashes, truth will rise.
241 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 16, 2014
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Rachel Starr Thomson
79 books174 followersRachel Starr Thomson is in love with Jesus and convinced the gospel will change the world.
Rachel is a woman of many talents and even more interests: she’s a writer, editor, indie publisher, singer, speaker, Bible study teacher, and world traveler. The author of the Seventh World Trilogy, The Oneness Cycle, and many other books, she also tours North America and other parts of the world as a speaker and spoken-word artist with 1:11 Ministries.
Adventures in the Kingdom launched in 2015 as a way to bring together Rachel’s explorations, in fiction and nonfiction, of what it means to live all of life in the kingdom of God.
Rachel lives in the beautiful Niagara Region of southern Ontario, just down the river from the Falls. She drinks far too much coffee and tea, daydreams of visiting Florida all winter, and hikes the Bruce Trail when she gets a few minutes. A homeschool graduate from a highly creative and entrepreneurial family, she believes we’d all be much better off if we pitched our television sets out the nearest window.
LIFE AND WORK (BRIEFLY)
Rachel began writing on scrap paper sometime around grade 1. Her stories revolved around jungle animals and sometimes pirates (they were actual rats . . . she doesn’t remember if the pun was intended). Back then she also illustrated her own work, a habit she left behind with the scrap paper.
Rachel’s first novel, a humorous romp called Theodore Pharris Saves the Universe, was written when she was 13, followed within a year by the more serious adventure story Reap the Whirlwind. Around that time, she had a life-changing encounter with God.
The next several years were spent getting to know God, developing a new love for the Scriptures, and discovering a passion for ministry through working with a local ministry with international reach, Sommer Haven Ranch International. Although Rachel was raised in a strong Christian home, where discipleship was as much a part of homeschooling as academics, these years were pivotal in making her faith her own.
At age 17, Rachel started writing again, this time penning the essays that became Letters to a Samuel Generation and Heart to Heart: Meeting With God in the Lord’s Prayer.
In 2001, Rachel returned to fiction, writing what would become her bestselling novel and then a bestselling series–Worlds Unseen, book 1 of The Seventh World Trilogy.
A classic fantasy adventure marked by Rachel’s lyrical style, Worlds Unseen encapsulates much of what makes Rachel’s writing unique: fantasy settings with one foot in the real world; adventure stories that explore depths of spiritual truth; and a knack for opening readers’ eyes anew to the beauty of their own world–and of themselves.
In 2003, Rachel began freelance editing, a side job that soon blossomed into a full-time career. Four years later, in 2007, she co-founded Soli Deo Gloria Ballet with Carolyn Currey, an arts ministry that in 2015 would be renamed as 1:11 Ministries. To a team of dancers and singers, Rachel brought the power of words, writing and delivering original narrations, spoken-word poetry, and songs for over a dozen productions. The team has ministered coast-to-coast in Canada as well as in the United States and internationally.
Rachel began publishing her own work under the auspices of Little Dozen Press in 2007, but it was in 2011, with the e-book revolution in full swing, that writing became a true priority again. Since that time Rachel has published many of her older never-published titles and written two new fiction series, The Oneness Cycle and The Prophet Trilogy.
Over 30 of Rachel’s novels, short stories, and nonfiction works are now available in digital editions. Many are available in paperback as well, with more released regularly.
The God she fell in love with as a teenager has remained the focus of Rachel’s life, work, and speaking.
Rachel is a woman of many talents and even more interests: she’s a writer, editor, indie publisher, singer, speaker, Bible study teacher, and world traveler. The author of the Seventh World Trilogy, The Oneness Cycle, and many other books, she also tours North America and other parts of the world as a speaker and spoken-word artist with 1:11 Ministries.
Adventures in the Kingdom launched in 2015 as a way to bring together Rachel’s explorations, in fiction and nonfiction, of what it means to live all of life in the kingdom of God.
Rachel lives in the beautiful Niagara Region of southern Ontario, just down the river from the Falls. She drinks far too much coffee and tea, daydreams of visiting Florida all winter, and hikes the Bruce Trail when she gets a few minutes. A homeschool graduate from a highly creative and entrepreneurial family, she believes we’d all be much better off if we pitched our television sets out the nearest window.
LIFE AND WORK (BRIEFLY)
Rachel began writing on scrap paper sometime around grade 1. Her stories revolved around jungle animals and sometimes pirates (they were actual rats . . . she doesn’t remember if the pun was intended). Back then she also illustrated her own work, a habit she left behind with the scrap paper.
Rachel’s first novel, a humorous romp called Theodore Pharris Saves the Universe, was written when she was 13, followed within a year by the more serious adventure story Reap the Whirlwind. Around that time, she had a life-changing encounter with God.
The next several years were spent getting to know God, developing a new love for the Scriptures, and discovering a passion for ministry through working with a local ministry with international reach, Sommer Haven Ranch International. Although Rachel was raised in a strong Christian home, where discipleship was as much a part of homeschooling as academics, these years were pivotal in making her faith her own.
At age 17, Rachel started writing again, this time penning the essays that became Letters to a Samuel Generation and Heart to Heart: Meeting With God in the Lord’s Prayer.
In 2001, Rachel returned to fiction, writing what would become her bestselling novel and then a bestselling series–Worlds Unseen, book 1 of The Seventh World Trilogy.
A classic fantasy adventure marked by Rachel’s lyrical style, Worlds Unseen encapsulates much of what makes Rachel’s writing unique: fantasy settings with one foot in the real world; adventure stories that explore depths of spiritual truth; and a knack for opening readers’ eyes anew to the beauty of their own world–and of themselves.
In 2003, Rachel began freelance editing, a side job that soon blossomed into a full-time career. Four years later, in 2007, she co-founded Soli Deo Gloria Ballet with Carolyn Currey, an arts ministry that in 2015 would be renamed as 1:11 Ministries. To a team of dancers and singers, Rachel brought the power of words, writing and delivering original narrations, spoken-word poetry, and songs for over a dozen productions. The team has ministered coast-to-coast in Canada as well as in the United States and internationally.
Rachel began publishing her own work under the auspices of Little Dozen Press in 2007, but it was in 2011, with the e-book revolution in full swing, that writing became a true priority again. Since that time Rachel has published many of her older never-published titles and written two new fiction series, The Oneness Cycle and The Prophet Trilogy.
Over 30 of Rachel’s novels, short stories, and nonfiction works are now available in digital editions. Many are available in paperback as well, with more released regularly.
The God she fell in love with as a teenager has remained the focus of Rachel’s life, work, and speaking.
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September 27, 2016
This is the last book in the Oneness Cycle and I hate to say goodbye. I feel like I did the first time I read Lord of the Rings... I so loved this series of the battle for souls. Loads of demons, flawed humans, and this final book takes us through time and introduces us to one of the main characters (on the evil side). Great writing and now this is a new favorite author. If you like Ted Dekker or Frank Peretti, you will love these. Five stars here. I can recommend for ages 16 and up.
May 23, 2016
This was by far the best book in the series! Sadly there was more curse words. :(
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November 28, 2016i love these type of stories where you feel as though you know the characters. we are never alone
January 12, 2017
Good ending
Good ending to an interesting series. Lots of questions asked and answered about interesting subjects. I like fiction that explores truth in a different kind of story.
Good ending to an interesting series. Lots of questions asked and answered about interesting subjects. I like fiction that explores truth in a different kind of story.
October 23, 2016
Five books, one great story
Most book series for me are good enough to start, but not good enough to keep reading. The oneness cycle is different and better. Exile, the first book was a freebie, but so good I bought and devoured the rest. Imaginative, interesting, it nibbles at the edge of spiritual reality in the unseen world.
Most book series for me are good enough to start, but not good enough to keep reading. The oneness cycle is different and better. Exile, the first book was a freebie, but so good I bought and devoured the rest. Imaginative, interesting, it nibbles at the edge of spiritual reality in the unseen world.
June 27, 2023
Good ending
This is so profound. The characters, the storyline, the possibilities. Whatever you believe, or believe in, the potential for this to be real is there. If we could all see it and understand that Oneness is the ultimate goal.....we might yet be victorious. I loved this book.
Read on my friends and understand.
This is so profound. The characters, the storyline, the possibilities. Whatever you believe, or believe in, the potential for this to be real is there. If we could all see it and understand that Oneness is the ultimate goal.....we might yet be victorious. I loved this book.
Read on my friends and understand.
September 1, 2018
Sorry it's over
I love the characters. She didn't heal Melissa's cancer and didn't answer why some character are resurrected while others are not. Will there be more episodes?
I love the characters. She didn't heal Melissa's cancer and didn't answer why some character are resurrected while others are not. Will there be more episodes?
June 20, 2019
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The whole series together is incredible. This book itself brought it all together and stirred me to action. Can't wait recommend it to other people.
The whole series together is incredible. This book itself brought it all together and stirred me to action. Can't wait recommend it to other people.
January 18, 2023
That was a satisfying ending to this crazy, wild of a ride series!! Very thought provoking and engaging, even if it did drag at times.
March 21, 2016
I admit that I was excited to begin this book but apprehensive to finish it. Endings are one of the hardest things to get right. After spending so much time within The Oneness Cycle this past week (four books in one week!), I was afraid the ending would fall flat of my hopes. Happily, my fears were unnecessary.
This book splits it's attention between the modern characters featured in the previous books and characters from medieval times. The book begins in an abbey where the sisters--members of the Oneness--battle a deathly plague with compassion and love. In their midst is a young woman with the gift of painting. Theresa's art comes from the Spirit and has power that she herself does not understand. That power draws an enemy--a wolf in sheep's clothing.
In modern day, the coastal Oneness cell seeks to heal and grow from the battles they have endured. The Spirit is revealing Himself to them in ways they never imagined. Still baffled by the way she has been chosen for greatness, April wrestles with the fire birthed within her. She struggles to trust the Spirit. She and the others must seek to know the One who dwells within them, for He is one to be known intimately and fully, and in knowing they will find peace and joy and the fullness of the Oneness they are part of.
This book splits it's attention between the modern characters featured in the previous books and characters from medieval times. The book begins in an abbey where the sisters--members of the Oneness--battle a deathly plague with compassion and love. In their midst is a young woman with the gift of painting. Theresa's art comes from the Spirit and has power that she herself does not understand. That power draws an enemy--a wolf in sheep's clothing.
In modern day, the coastal Oneness cell seeks to heal and grow from the battles they have endured. The Spirit is revealing Himself to them in ways they never imagined. Still baffled by the way she has been chosen for greatness, April wrestles with the fire birthed within her. She struggles to trust the Spirit. She and the others must seek to know the One who dwells within them, for He is one to be known intimately and fully, and in knowing they will find peace and joy and the fullness of the Oneness they are part of.
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May 8, 2017I just finished Book 5 in the Oneness Cycle and had to take a minute to write a quick review. I loved every book in this series, but I didn't write a review (yet) for the other books. Rachel created a very interesting world full of real, admirable, and flawed characters. I think that's one of the things I liked the most. Her characters weren't all perfect "Oneness" (Christians). They had doubts and struggles just like all Christians do in this world. The way they handled those doubts and struggles helped me as I consider my own walk with Christ. The series was exciting and it left me with lots to think about even now that I've finished the five books. Looking forward to reading more from Rachel Starr Thomson.
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