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The Prophet Trilogy #2
Comes the Dragon
Alack and his surly mentor, Kol Abaddon, arrive in the Westland as slaves. But Kol Abaddon’s powerful God cannot be enslaved, and when he thunders out on their behalf, they find themselves standing before the new emperor: Sabrus Caelius, the Sword of Heaven, an ambitious general whose sword is still wet with the blood of the king he has overthrown.
Without question, this is the man Kol Abaddon has seen in his visions, the one who will bring judgment on the Sacred Land. Alack, the shepherd boy who is becoming a prophet, would do anything to stop him–but it seems he may become the emperor’s puppet instead.
Meanwhile, Rechab continues to wear the title, riches, and power of Flora Laurentii. Heady as they are, Rechab only intends to make a new life for herself and then leave her newfound wealth behind. But when the plight of a village under the thumb of oppressive overlords comes to her attention, she is moved to use Flora’s name to help. It is what Flora would do, she is sure . . . but can money really bring salvation to those who need it most?
Flora herself remains captive in the tents of Amon the Trader, whose dangerous fascination with her will test her devotion to the Great God to its limits–and reveal dark secrets at the heart of the Sacred Land–
Secrets revolving around the dragon-headed god Kimash and his servants, who have ensconced themselves in the very throne room of God.
As judgment draws inexorably closer, the darkness in the heart of the Sacred Land is growing–as warriors, gods, and prophets alike stake their claims.
COMES THE DRAGON is Book 2 in The Prophet Trilogy, a fantasy set in a near-historical world of deserts, temples, and spiritual forces that vie for the hearts of men.
Without question, this is the man Kol Abaddon has seen in his visions, the one who will bring judgment on the Sacred Land. Alack, the shepherd boy who is becoming a prophet, would do anything to stop him–but it seems he may become the emperor’s puppet instead.
Meanwhile, Rechab continues to wear the title, riches, and power of Flora Laurentii. Heady as they are, Rechab only intends to make a new life for herself and then leave her newfound wealth behind. But when the plight of a village under the thumb of oppressive overlords comes to her attention, she is moved to use Flora’s name to help. It is what Flora would do, she is sure . . . but can money really bring salvation to those who need it most?
Flora herself remains captive in the tents of Amon the Trader, whose dangerous fascination with her will test her devotion to the Great God to its limits–and reveal dark secrets at the heart of the Sacred Land–
Secrets revolving around the dragon-headed god Kimash and his servants, who have ensconced themselves in the very throne room of God.
As judgment draws inexorably closer, the darkness in the heart of the Sacred Land is growing–as warriors, gods, and prophets alike stake their claims.
COMES THE DRAGON is Book 2 in The Prophet Trilogy, a fantasy set in a near-historical world of deserts, temples, and spiritual forces that vie for the hearts of men.
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First published April 12, 2015
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About the author
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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November 12, 2022
2022 read.
The second time reading this book, this time with my husband. He's reading it aloud to me. I think it's even better the second time around.
***
Age Appropriate For: 13 and up for violence
Best for Ages: 13 and up
This was one of those books that I really wanted to read, but I wasn’t sure if I liked it. The first book, Abaddon's Eve, had gripped me, but I wasn’t sure where the characters were going. There was only one character I really loved (Flora), and her storyline seemed rather tragic. As for all the others, I had no idea where Thomson was headed with them. Perhaps that is the mark of a truly talented author. Anyway, my brother bought me the last two books of the trilogy, and I dug in.
Thomson’s style is one of my favorites. It is lyrical, beautiful, and pulls me in quickly. I’ve read her Seventh World Trilogy, but I must say I enjoyed this setting better. It is classified as Biblical fantasy which I think is perfect. It has the feel of a Biblical story, yet wasn’t trying to parallel a certain one. It feels like a story out of the book of kings, without trying so hard that it feels like sacrilege.
The spiritual elements woven into this story were amazing nothing is ever forced yet oh how powerful it is. The author leaves you to draw many of your own conclusions, which I think is the mark of the best writing.
This story did feel like a middle book. It picked up where the second book left off and left me desperate for the next book. Yet, I hung onto every word.
I highly recommend this whole trilogy to anyone who loves light fantasy, spiritual warfare, and lyrical storytelling.
The second time reading this book, this time with my husband. He's reading it aloud to me. I think it's even better the second time around.
***
Age Appropriate For: 13 and up for violence
Best for Ages: 13 and up
This was one of those books that I really wanted to read, but I wasn’t sure if I liked it. The first book, Abaddon's Eve, had gripped me, but I wasn’t sure where the characters were going. There was only one character I really loved (Flora), and her storyline seemed rather tragic. As for all the others, I had no idea where Thomson was headed with them. Perhaps that is the mark of a truly talented author. Anyway, my brother bought me the last two books of the trilogy, and I dug in.
Thomson’s style is one of my favorites. It is lyrical, beautiful, and pulls me in quickly. I’ve read her Seventh World Trilogy, but I must say I enjoyed this setting better. It is classified as Biblical fantasy which I think is perfect. It has the feel of a Biblical story, yet wasn’t trying to parallel a certain one. It feels like a story out of the book of kings, without trying so hard that it feels like sacrilege.
The spiritual elements woven into this story were amazing nothing is ever forced yet oh how powerful it is. The author leaves you to draw many of your own conclusions, which I think is the mark of the best writing.
This story did feel like a middle book. It picked up where the second book left off and left me desperate for the next book. Yet, I hung onto every word.
I highly recommend this whole trilogy to anyone who loves light fantasy, spiritual warfare, and lyrical storytelling.
April 18, 2015
I have yet to find a book by Rachel Starr Thomson that I dislike. Some of her books I like for their characters, some for their plots, some for the sheer whimsy of description (Lady Moon), and some for a combination of all three. I read this book in little, sleep deprived snatches amidst a crazy work schedule and wish I'd been able to immerse myself in the story more. It was still good, though. Even in sleep deprived snatches.
The characters in this story are on a major learning curve. As Rechab learns to fill her role as Flora's representative, Flora faces great trials as prisoner of Amon the merchant. The man has made himself a connoisseur of religions and takes interest in testing and observing Flora. Meanwhile Alack continues as apprentice to Kol Abaddon but finds himself questioning the older prophet in matters of compassion.
For me, Kol Abaddon, the voice of destruction to The People, was the most interesting character in this book. He didn't receive much "screen time," but my interest in his character was validated in the epilogue. This nameless prophet is tortured by a pain private between him and God. While Kol Abaddon is God's mouthpiece, he doesn't seem to have a particular strong relationship with the Great God he speaks for. And there's a reason for that. Read the book to find out what it is.
I'm looking forward to seeing how the various plot threads pull together for the final book of the trilogy.
The characters in this story are on a major learning curve. As Rechab learns to fill her role as Flora's representative, Flora faces great trials as prisoner of Amon the merchant. The man has made himself a connoisseur of religions and takes interest in testing and observing Flora. Meanwhile Alack continues as apprentice to Kol Abaddon but finds himself questioning the older prophet in matters of compassion.
For me, Kol Abaddon, the voice of destruction to The People, was the most interesting character in this book. He didn't receive much "screen time," but my interest in his character was validated in the epilogue. This nameless prophet is tortured by a pain private between him and God. While Kol Abaddon is God's mouthpiece, he doesn't seem to have a particular strong relationship with the Great God he speaks for. And there's a reason for that. Read the book to find out what it is.
I'm looking forward to seeing how the various plot threads pull together for the final book of the trilogy.
February 28, 2025
Alack has abandoned all he has known as a shepherd in a village near the holy city of Shalem to follow the possibly mad prophet into the wilderness.
This is a story of motives. What makes one set his loyalty upon a path, a person, a belief? Alack pursues truth and finds vision, hope, despair, and the divine. However, his mentor warns him, “You cannot save the world. You can only be faithful to the Great God’s call, and watch him do what he will through you, in whatever way he chooses to do it.”
Once again, the balance of personal choice and divine calling interplay in Rachel’s story. As we follow Rechab, Alack, Flora, Amon, Aaron and others, we glimpse the treasures of their hearts that drive their choices. Some are closely kept wounds that outrage them. Some are imagined greatness that spur them onward. More significantly, we see the immense consequences of those choices, even to the destruction of people, villages, and even the kingdom.
This stirring book will grip you to its end and move you to read book three in the trilogy.
This is a story of motives. What makes one set his loyalty upon a path, a person, a belief? Alack pursues truth and finds vision, hope, despair, and the divine. However, his mentor warns him, “You cannot save the world. You can only be faithful to the Great God’s call, and watch him do what he will through you, in whatever way he chooses to do it.”
Once again, the balance of personal choice and divine calling interplay in Rachel’s story. As we follow Rechab, Alack, Flora, Amon, Aaron and others, we glimpse the treasures of their hearts that drive their choices. Some are closely kept wounds that outrage them. Some are imagined greatness that spur them onward. More significantly, we see the immense consequences of those choices, even to the destruction of people, villages, and even the kingdom.
This stirring book will grip you to its end and move you to read book three in the trilogy.
August 11, 2023
In this second book of the Prophet Trilogy, I grew to like Flora better, but most of the others not as well. I'm glad I decided to read it, and I'm looking forward to book three. At the same time, I have a vague frustration with the story, part of which might be because both the female leads were claimed by Kimash with no choices on their part, while the men - if they could be said to be claimed, were claimed by the Great God. The women aren't quite damsels in distress - Flora is magnificent at times - but it just feels a little matchy-matchy.
December 7, 2022
Comes the Dragon
It an allegory of the nation Israel and their turning the back to God's instructions. Many are called but few are chosen,because few answer yes. The story is compelling , inspiring , and intense.
It an allegory of the nation Israel and their turning the back to God's instructions. Many are called but few are chosen,because few answer yes. The story is compelling , inspiring , and intense.
September 24, 2017
Page Turner!
Fast paced with several surprises I didn't see coming, I had a hard time putting it down! Looking forward to Part 3!
Fast paced with several surprises I didn't see coming, I had a hard time putting it down! Looking forward to Part 3!
November 10, 2023
More!
You will want more! You just feel like you are in the desert with these characters. Living with their fear and faith. I haven't read any novel like it!
You will want more! You just feel like you are in the desert with these characters. Living with their fear and faith. I haven't read any novel like it!
April 30, 2017
Rachel Starr Thomson's Prophet Trilogy books are very entertaining. Even more important to me, as the characters wrestle with issues of faith I am encouraged and challenged in my own faith. It is not an explicit challenge from the author, but rather the characters become an example to me and the plot lines get me thinking about the Lord and my relationship with Him. When I read these books I don’t feel like I’m escaping, rather I feel edified.
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