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Young Mary of Nazareth receives an unusual visitor. What he tells her will change her life forever and impact all those in Judea and beyond for eternity.

Fourth Dawn is the first of a Nativity trilogy, a series-within-the-series. At the beginning of the book, we learn that it's the story of the eyewitnesses as recorded by Peniel. My first thought was how Peniel had learned to read and write in record time. After all, he was born blind and could not have learned any time before the course of book 3 (Third Watch).
Anyway, that aside, the plot wasn't as strong as the previous books. The dream motif that had previously been used of Peniel is used again with a different character. I'd found it interesting at the beginning, but when the contents of the dreams became Hebrew lessons and such, it wasn't quite as enjoyable. On the other hand, the portrayal of Mary and her immediate family in Nazareth was precious. In a nutshell, a book worth reading, though not exceptional. ( )

NO OF PAGES: 332 SUB CAT I: Historic Fiction SUB CAT II: SUB CAT III: DESCRIPTION: Leading up to the birth of Christ, Fourth Dawn tells the Christmas story like never before. This is Joseph and Mary's story ' the human drama of a virgin teenage girl pregnant with the Son of God and her fianc?? who must deal with the reality that he is forced to care for the mother of God's child and eventually care for the child himself. Told through the eyes of those who witnessed these events, Fourth Dawn takes place at a time in history when the evil Herod ruled ' a dangerous time for anyone to show interest in the Messiah's coming, much less give birth to the Messiah, or to be the Anointed One!NOTES: Purchased from the Amazon Marketplace. SUBTITLE: A.D. Chronicles