num_pages: 336
description: The Witnesses is the third novel in Amish novelist Linda Bylers current series Lancaster Burning. Byler takes readers inside the home of the leader of the local Amish community Davey Beiler who finds himself at the center of mounting fear and controversy. Fires have destroyed two more nearby Amish barns and many of the farmers are ready to ask for police protection an unheard of action. Beiler counsels against this but then his beloved daughter Sarah is caught in the flames and severely injured. The Witnesses is a tautly told story full of dark fears difficult dilemmas and deep love.Who is responsible for setting the barn fires that continue to keep the Amish of eastern Lancaster County Pennsylvania on edge?Who is responsible for seeing that they are stopped?
language: English
title: The Witnesses
publisher: Good Books