The story of Christ's chief Apostle, Simon Peter, and his journey of discipleship.

Imagines how a contemporary of Jesus, Simon, an ordinary spice merchant and a Jew without deeply felt religious beliefs, begins his lifelong journey as one of the first new Christians as his life intersects with Jesus at the major milestones of his life and ministry.

Julia, the daughter of a Greek father and Hebrew mother, and Jacob, a young caravan guard on the "Frankincense Trail," struggle to find their place as Christians as they secretly pass letters and messages between communities of believers.

Anne Rice's second book in her hugely ambitious and courageous life of Christ begins during his last winter before his baptism in the Jordan and concludes with the miracle at Cana.--From publisher description.

"For prosperous landowner Lazarus, hard work and extensive travel are a means to comfortably support his family, including his two sisters, Mary and Martha. Following a journey to sell his wares, Lazarus stumbles upon an opportunity to assist a stranger in need, delaying his return home. Through Lazarus's selfless act of service, he, Mary, and Martha find themselves standing witness to miracles they never dreamed possible in the presence of a man...

Overhearing Jesus' prophecies of events to come and witnessing such events as Judas' betrayal, Peter's denial, and the Resurrection, Mark becomes a devoted disciple of Christianity and urges Peter to recount to him the story of Jesus' life on earth.

Merchant David ben Joseph has waited nearly 30 years to meet Jesus Christ. Finally meeting Jesus in Jerusalem, David quickly and accepts Christ as the Savior. David's family, however, are members of a zealous Jewish sect and only see Jesus as a nuisance.

Nehemiah, son of a Jewish woman, a weaver from Jerusalem, is born and raised among the Jews who didn't return to Jerusalem from the Exile. He grows up with the expectation of a soon-coming Messiah. Could the Yeshua of Nazareth, who is walking the earth, reportedly doing miracles, be that Messiah? Charged with a mission to carry a mysterious object back to the holy city of Jerusalem, Nehemiah arrives in Jerusalem just as the final events of Jesus'...

In first-century Jerusalem, questions arise concerning the identity of Yeshua of Nazareth, while Zahav finds herself waiting for the Messiah and Manaen, blinded by violence, and Susanna, struggle to overcome the evil surrounding them.

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?...