Jerusalem Interlude (Zion Covenant Series #4) Book

Jerusalem Interlude continues the sad history set to fiction. It captivates you as always, as the previous books did from the very beginning. Characters that have been with us since the first book like Elise and Murphey, Leah and Shimon, Anna and Theo continue to brave this dark world Hitler brought. New characters are introduced that are vital and show the schemes that Hitler put into play to reach his dark agenda. My favorite characters in this book are Eli Sachar and Victoria Hassan. They are from two different worlds, Eli a Jew studying to be a Rabbi and Victoria a Muslim promised in marrige to Ram Kadar in service to the Grand Mufti Haj Amin...but she is in love with Eli. She battles internaly with the violence of her people, even her own brothers against the Jews, and she must make a decision. In this book we are introduced also to how Poland enters this story and how the riots started there. We see historical figures that we will never forget also, Winston Churchill, Goebbles, British Ambassador Neville Henderson and many more. Each are given a unique voice. We grow to love or deeply hate each one. But most importantly we see history, we see how it unfolded. We often wonder how it could have all happened. Brock and Bodie Thoene show us from the very first book the subtility with which it first began, and then we see how the fires of hatred grew and grew. We often wonder why no one did anything... these books show the twisted and sometimes well intentioned reasons why (though unexcusable). It took me a while to read this one just because it is packed with very heavy, very real emotions that make you think: What if this happened to me? Or if I had to stand up in such a time would I have the courage? Would I have acted differently then these people? But overall I loved this book, and I look forward to continuing this journey in the next one.