Brock Thoene

Ruled by Rome and manipulated by religious rulers with only selfish interests in mind, the people of the ancient city of Jerusalem wonder if a healer named Yeshua is the Messiah or just another imposter.

Bodie and Brock Thoene once again transport readers back in time to first century A.D. to the birth of Christ--the most critical events in the history of the world. Gossip swirls around the newlyweds Mary and Yosef. It is far too soon for her womb to carry the growing baby, neighbors say. Yet too much is at stake for Yosef to reveal the truth. He vows to protect Mary and the baby with his life, but how can he protect her heart from the barbs of betrayal?...

Ellie, a young American photojournalist in Jerusalem in 1947, becomes a pawn in a political chess game.

Young Mary of Nazareth receives an unusual visitor whose message changes her life, impacts all those in Judea, and tests her relationship with her betrothed, Yosef.

Tom Dawson finds happiness and peace at his brother's California ranch during the Civil War until his past comes back to haunt him following a violent stagecoach robbery.

"Behold the Man is the culmination of the Jerusalem Chronicles and brings readers to an encounter with the death and resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth. How could Jesus--who preached righteousness before God, and love and mercy toward neighbors--be so hated and pursued? To the Temple officials, he was a threat to the livelihood and authority of the priesthood. To Herod Antipas, he was a threat to his ambition to be the King of the Jews. And to the...

Nine-year-old Jude and his younger sister Kerah are ordered by their dying father to go to Jerusalem while Zachariah, Elisheba, and Yochanan wonder if heavenly signs foretell justice for the Jews and Rabbi Mazzar travels with three students to Jerusalem for Passover and sees signs of hope in Yeshua, who studies both people and the Torah.

As Nazi forces tighten the noose, Loralei Kepler, daughter of a missionary family, flees Brussels ahead of the Blitzdrieg. But is any place safe from Adolf Hitler's evil grasp? Loralei's harrowing flight leads her into the arms of needy child refugees who have sacrificed everything in exchange for their lives, and toward a mysterious figure who closely guards an age-old secret.

Yod, a young girl born in a colony for lepers lays waiting in the Dying Cave, hoping for a miracle; and meanwhile, Melchoir, the former court astronomer for King Phraates of Parthia, prays for a miracle to save his drunken embarrassment of a son, Daniel.

Born of missionary parents in Hawaii, David has a variety of adventures that take him from a job on a whaling ship to the California gold mines.