The Prophet's Oracle

Kingdoms: A Biblical Epic #3

by Ben Avery, Mat Broome (Illustrator), Bud Rogers (Editor)

1 & 2 Kings and 1 & 2 Chronicles tell the history of Israel and Judah following the Davidic dynasty through the exile in Babylon. Against this historical backdrop of the rise and fall of maneuvering kings and warring empires, the fictional series Kingdoms traces in vivid manga style the saga of the dedicated advisor Iddo and his descendants. As he remains loyal to the memory of the just King Josiah and labors to keep his nation faithful to the Lord, Iddo struggles to protect his own family. Destruction looms from the East… while danger lurks within. When the Lord calls him as the prophet to the nations, Jeremiah doesn’t know that faithfulness to God often results in mistreatment from others. As he proclaims the word of the Lord to Judah, false prophets and royal officials try to silence him. But as Babylon’s army surrounds Jerusalem, the king and people of Judah must choose either to heed God’s instructions, or suffer destruction.

160 pages, Paperback

First published February 1, 2008

About the author

A believer in the need for positive, all-ages entertainment, Ben Avery created and wrote Zondervan’s graphic novel series TimeFlyz and the comic book miniseries ArmorQuest to entertain readers with an exciting story, but also inspire and encourage readers to stand up and make a difference in their world. Avery’s comic book career began when he was selected by George R.R. Martin to work as the script adaptor of the comic book fantasy mini-series The Hedge Knight, based on novellas by the New York Times bestselling author. After that, Avery went on to co-write/co-create the critically acclaimed Lullaby and The Imaginaries for Image Comics, co-create and write the children’s literature inspired fantasy The Oz/Wonderland Chronicles, develop and write the historical epic Kingdoms for Zondervan, and the sequel mini-series The Hedge Knight II, published by Marvel Comics. In addition to writing, he has been an English teacher, a college resident director, and a youth treatment specialist for sexually abused children. Avery lives in Indiana with his wife and four children.

Reviews

[Julian Hammontree · Rating 3 out of 5]

“Kingdoms, Volume 3: The Prophet's Oracle” by Ben Avery and Mat Broome is a graphic novel representation about the Biblical story of the prophet Jeremiah. This gives a nice picture to the story of Jeremiah for people that get bored reading the story in the Bible. This version is shortened greatly compared to the Bible.
The art in this graphic novel, by Matt Broome, is simple and pretty. And the story telling by Ben Avery is simple and understandable. I would recommend this book to people who wanna learn about Biblical history, but might get bored reading in the Old Testament.

[Rebecca · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a great way to take a part of Scripture that can be difficult to follow and piece together and make it easier to understand. I liked that so much of the text was taken from the Bible, but there are times it's so much that it gets a little hard to get through. As a graphic novel, I think there were places it could have been a little abridged to move the narrative along.