From Dust and Ashes: A Story of Liberation (The Liberator Series, Book 4)
Paperback – January 1, 2003
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With a tender voice, Tricia Goyer has crafted a compelling story of love and liberation. Fans of historical fiction will be delighted with this wonderful novel from a new and rising author. -Robin Jones Gunn, best-selling author of the Glenbrooke Series and the Christy Miller Series for teens As a veteran of the 11th Armored Division during the liberation of Mauthausen and Gusen concentration camps, I am very impressed with the studied details Tricia Goyer, an author of a later generation, has gathered and interwoven with the fiction story From Dust and Ashes . I heartily recommend this wonderful book. -Ross Snowdon, U.S. Army veteran, 1Ith Armored Division Freedom of the human spirit and heroism beyond the call of duty— From Dust and Ashes is a story as relevant today as in the time it so beautifully captures. -Cindy McCormick Martinusen,xa0author of Winter Passing and Christy Award finalist What a story! It sweeps us back to a time when the world swore “Never again” and gives us raw hope to walk away with. From Dust and Ashes is too good to be a first novel. -Anne De Graaf, international best-selling author and Christy Award winner From Dust and Ashes depicts the true physical and emotional hardships endured at Mauthausen and Gusen concentration camps.xa0 This is a valuable, much-needed book for every person to read.xa0 The book mirrors my memories. -LeRoy Woychik, U.S. Army veteran, 11th Armored DivisionFrom Dust and Ashes is a remarkable portrayal of God's transforming power in the aftermath of war.xa0 Tricia Goyer invites us on a journey into the lives of three unlikely friends who find hope in the midst of destruction and love from the dust and ashes.xa0 Highly recommended. -Marlo Schalesky, author of the Winds of Freedom series Fictional with extremely factualdetail.xa0 Took me back almost 60 years ago. -LeRoy E. Petersohn, U.S. Army veteran, 11th Armored DivisionFrom Dust and Ashes is a must-read.xa0 Although written in fiction form, it beautifully relates the feeling and anxieties of the victims of the German concentration camps, as well as the German non-Nazi civilian experiences after the war.xa0 Tricia Goyer did a great job in researching by humanizing all events based on actual facts.xa0 I was with the 11th Armored Division, 41st Calvary Reconnaissance, in Europe, and being the first on the scene was probably the only GI to actually witness the unelaborated death camps while they were still in operation. -Thomas C. Niccolla, U.S. Army veteran, 11th Armored Division Nazis flee under cover of darkness as American troops near the town of St. Georgen. A terrible surprise awaits the unsuspecting GIs.xa0 And three people—the wife of an SS guard, an American soldier, and a concentration camp survivor—will never be the same. Inspired by actual events surrounding the liberation of a Nazi concentration camp, From Dust and Ashes shows the healing power of forgiveness. With a tender voice, Tricia Goyer has crafted a compelling story of love and liberation. Fans of historical fiction will be delighted with this wonderful novel from a new and rising author. ROBIN JONES GUNN, best-selling author of the Glenbrooke Series and the Christy Miller Series for teens As a veteran of the 11th Armored Division during the liberation of Mauthausen and Gusen concentration camps, I am very impressed with the studied details Tricia Goyer, an author of a later generation, has gathered and interwoven with the fiction story From Dust and Ashes . I heartily recommend this wonderful book. ROSS SNOWDON, U.S. Army veteran, 1Ith Armored Division Freedom of the human spirit and heroism beyond the call of duty— From Dust and Ashes is a story as relevant today as in the time it so beautifully captures. CINDY MCCORMICK MARTINUSEN, author of Winter Passing and Christy Award finalist What a story! It sweeps us back to a time when the world swore “Never again” and gives us raw hope to walk away with. From Dust and Ashes is too good to be a first novel. ANNE DE GRAAF , international best-selling author and Christy Award winner TRICIA GOYER has published numerous articles in national publications including Guideposts for Kids , Christian Parenting Today , and HomeLife. She is an experienced Bible study leader, and her study notes appear in the Women of Faith Study Bible. Tricia and her husband, John, live with their three children in northwestern Montana. TRICIA GOYER is an acclaimed and prolific writer, publishing hundreds of articles in national magazines including Today¿s Christian Woman and Focus on the Family while authoring more than twenty-five fiction and nonfiction books combined. Among those are 3:16 Teen Edition with Max Lucado and the American Christian Fiction Writers¿ Book of the Year Award winners Night Song and Dawn of a Thousand Nights . She has also written books on marriage and parenting and contributed notes to the Women of Faith Study Bible . Tricia lives with her husband and four children in Arkansas. Read more
Features & Highlights
- It is 1945, and a group of American soldiers liberate a Nazi concentration camp. Helene is the abandoned wife of an SS guard who has fled to avoid arrest. Overcome by guilt, she begins to help meet the needs of survivors. Throughout the process, she finds her own liberation--from spiritual bondage, sin, and guilt. Readers will be intrigued and touched by this fascinating story of love, faithfulness, and courage amidst one of the darkest chapters of mankind's history.





