Review: The Shepherd-King's early days
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 9, 2013
We're all familiar with the amazing feat of David, son of Jesse, bringing down the giant nephilim warrior, Goliath... but what if that weren't his very first encounter with death?In this short story, we're introduced to David when he was younger still, and about to be introduced to the harrowing thrills and chills of warfare in an unexpected way as well as how God would reveal Himself to David.Just like Benaiah and the Lion of War series, Cliff Graham doesn't shy away from bloody details, nor does he get needlessly gratuitous for street cred, but just brings enough vivid detail for it be realistic enough while bringing out the humane part of David to get the reader (or at least me, personally) feeling like they could relate to David in a way, that he wasn't the ultra-legendary, nearly sinless mega-hero churches worship him to be today, but was a kid with faults like we have and has troubles with warfare that soldiers face every day.It's saddening, bu it brings a great, understated focus of the human side of David to full scope for the rest of the series. Pretty powerful reading!