Balaam's Curse (Stones of Gilgal Book 1) (Stones of Gilgal Series)

Unfathomable evil grips the ancient homeland of the Children of Israel. For forty years, Yahweh, Most High God, has been preparing his people in the wilderness. At last they are ready to confront the darkness and claim their Promised Land. But before they can cross the Jordan River, the surrounding kingdoms of Moab and Midian summon the evil prophet Balaam from Babylonia. Joining forces with the ruthlessly ambitious Princess Cozbi, he gathers a coalition of five Midianite kings who will stop at nothing to defeat Israel and prevent a crossing that will change the world.

Familiar biblical characters--Moses, Caleb, and Joshua--stride through the mutiny, plague, and war unleashed by Balaam's plot, but this is the coming of age story of the next generation. Six real, but minor biblical characters nurtured in a simple wilderness life suddenly find themselves caught in a life-changing vortex of violence and upheaval beyond anything they could have imagined.