Author: clsmith

Return to the turbulence of ancient Canaan in Book Three of The Stones of Gilgal. Even the raging floods of the Jordan could not stop the Israelites from crossing the river and setting up camp near Jericho. Canaanite kings and kingdoms–even the Anakim giants–are in turmoil. Former enemies jostle for power in new alliances, united only intheir determination to destroy the Israelite invaders.When … invaders.When the massive fortifications of Jericho collapse, Salmon rushes into the ruins to save Rahab, the beautiful harlot who had rescued him and his fellow spy from certain death. But saving her from her own city…

Only a river separates Acsah, Othniel and friends from the long-awaited Promised Land. Their parent’s generation is gone, but against all odds, they survived the gut-wrenching rebellion, plague, and war initiated by Balaam’s Curse. Looking to the future beyond the Jordan with fiercely bright hope, they prepare to leave the sorrows of the Valley of Acacias behind forever. What could possibly go … wrong? . . . Merely a volatile king, the crazed captain of Jericho’s efficiently evil troops, labyrinthine caves, raging flood waters, and hovering over all, an evil force determined to stop the crossing that would change the world. “I don’t know when…

They have arrived! After 40 years wandering in the wilderness, the Israelites are finally ready to cross the Jordan River and claim the Promised Land. While they celebrate, the surrounding kingdoms of Moab and Midian summon the prophet Balaam from Babylonia. Joining forces with the powers of darkness, he gathers a coalition of five Midianite kings and the seductive Princess Cozbi to prevent the … the crossing that would change the world. The mutiny, plague, and war unleashed by his plan plunges a young generation of Israelites into a vortex of violence and upheaval beyond anything they could have imagined.more