Rising Wind: The Weeping God and The Book of Hope

by Diane Olsen

Rising Wind by Diane Olsen is a story of adventure and spirituality. The story follows a man and a woman who don’t know each other at first, but they are drawn together by a mysterious thunderbird that is supposed to be extinct. Secora is a paleontologist who goes to South America to track another animal also thought to be extinct, a giant sloth. In the process of finding the sloth, she stirs up all kinds of trouble and soon finds a group of assassins after her.

Meanwhile, Gideon, a native American Indian who has left the ways and beliefs of his heritage behind, keeps having visions. A thunderbird is appearing to him and leading him to step out of his comfort zone and go to South America to help a woman he’s never met to fulfill a mysterious mission.

Rising Wind is an effective mixture of science, spirituality, and adventure. There is just enough science present in the story to make the giant sloth, and a small race of people called the Duendes seem like they could be real. The book is also filled with lots of spirituality involving beliefs from several different religions.

218 pages, Paperback

First published May 25, 2021

About the author

Diane Olsen is a multi-award-winning author who gained recognition with her nonfiction book Ancient Ways: The Roots of Religion. Her book won a bronze medallion at the Christian Illuminations Book Awards and established her presence on readers' radars and the literary map.

The Rising Wind series was adapted from several screenplays she wrote years ago and turned into novels. Like 'Thunder Beings,' followed by 'Ice and Bone,' 'The Weeping God and The Book of Hope,' along with 'Like Feathers of a Wing,' and her book 'Rock My Soul,' with four of the novels receiving five-star ratings from Reader’s Favorite.

This novel series is a multicultural realistic mystery fiction read with loads of action and adventure thrill rides like no other! No matter their beliefs or cultural backgrounds, everyone will enjoy this 'Indiana Jones '-style saga, which rides the balance between science and religion and dares to share how all human beings are part of humanity in unity.

With all her titles available on Amazon, Kindle, Barnes & Noble, and many other online bookstores and literary sites, she now engages and delights readers on her official author website sharing captivating short stories, poems, shards, and excerpts with more published works in the future.

Born and raised in Colorado, Diane is an Undergrad at Colorado State University Ft. Collins, Pre-Vet med, Anthropology, then attended and received her BA and MA at the University of Montana, Missoula: Anthropology, Archaeology, and Paleontology.

Diane has proudly raised two grown sons, Andrew and Gavin, and has four grandsons, Dylan, Brayden, AJ, and Asher. When she is not writing Diane enjoys spending time with her family, especially her grandchildren.

A few of her favorite books are 'The Book of Certitude (Kitab-i-Iqan), The Upanishads, and The Great Initiates.' Today she enjoys writing shorter stories and shards of her award-winning books and sharing them on her official website with reader fans. The author resides in the beautiful Pacific Northwest of Washington State.

Reviews

[Barbara Daniels Dena · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a must-read for the followers of the Rising Wind Series. Here is where we meet Secora's parents and their adventures. The book is a stand-alone but adds to the series by giving us more details on the family. I stand in awe by the research Diane puts into her work and this novel is no exception. When the moment you think all is lost, our author pops in a wonderful twist and off we go on additional mishaps and adventures. I enjoy those drop-in bits of humor along the journey that help lighten the tension before we journey forward. This book can be read first in the series or third and nothing will be lost. I highly recommend but be forewarned, you will lose sleep turning those pages.

[Catherine Townsend-Lyon · Rating 5 out of 5]

Here we go again!

Another book in "The Rising Wind" series by Diane Olsen is titled; "The Weeping God and The Book Hope." This one can be read as book 3 to the series or read as a stand-alone. The author shares "the backstory" and introduces readers to vibrant new characters within "The Weeping God."

We learn some history about Secora's mother and father and some family history of their mysterious adventures just as we are sent on another new action-packed, multi-cultural thrill ride! The author takes the story to other countries again, and I enjoy it as part of this series as she has written this series to make you feel you are going along for the adventures and some surprising twists make this book hard to stop reading!

All the while, you begin to read and feel this slow building of God's presence of "HOPE" given to all of humanity which adds another special undertone to this one! An amazing cross-genre filled with thought-provoking suspense which keeps you guessing how this all can end!

Or does it? Could there possibly be another book coming to this series? Will see... Even teens will love the research and history the author has put into this series.

This is an amazing and enjoyable book series I highly recommend to everyone!