num_pages: 292
description: Hannah Pratt dreams of starting a school for the Bedouin clan she grew up with as a missionary kid and finally her hopes are coming true. But shortly after she returns to the desert from her college years in the U.S. she discovers her parents have received threats from their Muslim neighbors. As the danger escalates Hannah finds shes in the middle of a battle no one seems to understand. She must decide to what lengths she'll go to stay faithful to the mission to which God has called her. Even if it costs her everything. As sheikh Karim Al-Amir feels the weight of responsibility as the leader of his people. When a mysterious illness ravishes the clans flocks and threatens to destroy their centuries-old way of life locals believe the American doctors and their daughter his childhood friend Hannah are to blame. Karim must do something to keep them safeeven if the only solution can be found within marriage vows. In a society where the line is drawn between us and them Christianity is outlawed and foreigners are mistrusted will their union heal wounds or inflict the final fatal blow? 
language: None
title: The Esther Paradigm
publisher: Radiant Publications