Dark Hour
by Ginger Garrett
Published by Navpress
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Reviewed by Jamie Driggers
When Jehoshebeth was born, her mother prophesied that she would be the doom of Athaliah, and Athaliah laughed. A girl? What could a girl child possibly do to inhibit her status and power of queen?
Fifteen years later, after raising Jehoshebeth as her own, Athaliah is determined to dispose of Jehoshebeth by marrying her to a wealthy merchant outside the kingdom. When Jehoshebeth refuses to comply, thus begins a chain of events, each more gruesome than the last.
It was certainly a dark hour for Judah when, in order to rule the kingdom, Athaliah massacred all the children in David's line, save one stolen in the dark of the night by Jehoshebeth. As Jehoshebeth protects her nephew, the nation must survive more than six years of terror under Athaliah's rule. Judah could only wonder--had God forsaken them?
Intrigued in the foreword, gripped by the prologue and breathless to the last page--that is what readers can look forward to in Ginger Garrett's second novel Dark Hour, book one of the Serpent Moon trilogy. Anyone who questions the part women played in biblical history need read only page one to know that God is a respecter of women. And he uses them in mighty ways.
Every time I opened the book, I was transported in time. So vividly were the pictures painted and the story told that I couldn't help but shudder and yet, I could feel the very breath of God.
Armchair Interviews says: Ginger Garrett writes biblical fiction that gives a heartbeat to stories that one had forgotten were even there.