UPDATED: How's my Blurb for Trunk of Scrolls?
NEW (9/20/23):
Trunk of Scrolls: A Family Adventure, A YA Historical Adventure in Ancient Byzantium
A dark secret. A forbidden love. A trunk of Scripture scrolls.
A.D. 526 In the opulence of ancient nobility, young Marcellus of Antioch possesses wealth, power, and the friendship of his lovely neighbor, Byziana. But when an apocalyptic earthquake shatters their world, Marcellus is thrust into a perilous adventure to protect Byziana and her siblings on their journey across the wilds of Byzantium to recover their family’s lost fortune.
Marcellus takes his beloved to what he knows to be her death, but his own dark past forbids him to reveal what truly awaits her. Armed with a relic tooth and ancient scrolls, he must confront adversaries mortal and divine. Worse, he must brave the ghosts of his past to keep his friends safe and his beloved from the clutches of the man who will be her husband: Belisarius.
If you crave epic adventures, faith-testing intrigues, and the enigma of hidden scrolls, embark on a riveting odyssey alongside Marcellus and Byziana in this enthralling story, Trunk of Scrolls. Strap on your sandals, your journey beckons! Take and Read today.
OLD:
Trunk of Scrolls: Paths of Faith and Fire, A YA Historical Adventure in Ancient Byzantium
A dark secret. A forbidden love. A trunk of Scripture scrolls.
A.D. 526 Antioch.
His broken life…Shoving aside the rubble covering a once-perfect life, Marcellus sees his home in ruins, his family scattered, and his faith broken by the unpredictable God who destroyed everything. Now he must escort his beloved and her family on a perilous journey to Constantinople to find her father and recover the family’s missing fortune.
Her cursed ring… His hidden love for bold and daring Byziana is complicated by one overwhelming fact––she is betrothed to sword-wielding Belisarius, Marcellus’s greatest foe. He alone knows the danger, but he dare not tell a soul.
Their hidden treasure… Safeguarded within a trunk of Scripture scrolls, an answer awaits, a luminous light to vanquish evil and annihilate despair. As they face danger at every turn, as their strength fails and cities burn, will they uncover this secret power? Or will wicked men and their power-hungry ways engulf Byzantium for good?
Kyrie Eleison. God have mercy.
If you loved exploring the nail-biting early church world of Francine Rivers' Mark of the Lion series or the heart-racing adventure of faith in Lew Wallace's Ben Hur, you're going to love Trunk of Scrolls.
STRAP ON YOUR SANDALS, YOU'RE GOING BACK IN TIME! Read it today!
I plan to kickstart this to be able to fund the audiobook and launch for real in February. Any thoughts are appreciated.