Ephron

by Michael J. Findley

Ephron's father Zohar chooses him to lead their family. He not only has vital skills to ensure the security and growth of their tribe but he is still unmarried. Zohar plans to unite the Hittite tribes using Ephron and his sister as peace children in arranged marriages.

Marauding enemies and rising waters threaten the homelands of fellow Hittites but no one wants to sacrifice autonomy just for safety, food, clothing, and shelter. Family patriarch Heth's arrival might settle the unrest, but when he does not appear, his representatives find rising tensions and a need for desperate action to show strength, unity, and prosperity.

Ephron can't force Shelometh, his intended bride, to marry him. Will she make his tireless work pay off, or destroy his future and her own?

154 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 31, 2015

About the author

Grew up between AZ and IL with a single mother and one brother. Attended Bob Jones University in SC, majored in Bible, Masters in Church History. Married 30+ years, have 3 20-something children, authored commercial and instructional videos, taught in Christian School and Church settings, currently traveling the country in a Tractor Trailer. Check Mary C. Findley, my wife, writing partner, and fellow Goodreads author, for more about us and our writing.

Reviews

[Paz · Rating 1 out of 5]

Convendría que los escritores de novela histórica se documentaran un poco antes de escribir sus historias; si no quieren, siempre pueden decir que sus novelas son de fantasía o, incluso, fantasía histórica, pero, por favor, no inventen un pueblo y unas costumbres cuando todo esto está ya bien documentado.

[Reginald Aster · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked the story, well worth reading.

[Elise · Rating 2 out of 5]

While this book brings interesting true aspects of Hittite archeology (position, technology, description of tools found by archeologists) it strangely mixes it with christian theory. Yes a great flood is prove-able in this area. No the Hittites were not Noah's monotheistic descendants. The stone builders and architects of Hattusha were polytheistic celebrants of their own beautiful, complex and not fully understood religon. Their culture was their own, and should not be usurped.