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[[Category:1995 Releases]]
 
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[[Category:RITA Award Winners]]
 
[[Category:Inspirational]]
 
[[Category:Inspirational]]
 
[[Category:Historical]]
 
[[Category:Historical]]
 
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[[Category:Roman Empire]]
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* '''Series''': [[Mark Of The Lion]] #3
 
* '''Series''': [[Mark Of The Lion]] #3
 
* '''Author''': [[Francine Rivers]]
 
* '''Author''': [[Francine Rivers]]
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Following A Voice in the Wind and An Echo in the Darkness, As Sure as the Dawn continues the chronicles of Hadassah, a Christian slave woman living during the height of the Roman Empire. She has saved the life of the scorned child of a disreputable Roman woman and the Germanic gladiator, Atretes. For her faith, Hadassah now languishes in condemnation, awaiting death in a dungeon beneath the arena. Atretes, who holds fast to his dreams of revenge for the slaughter of his people, wants his son back. So he seeks out John the Baptist, who is the key to finding the custodian of his son, and brings his war-weary soul closer to redemption.  
 
Following A Voice in the Wind and An Echo in the Darkness, As Sure as the Dawn continues the chronicles of Hadassah, a Christian slave woman living during the height of the Roman Empire. She has saved the life of the scorned child of a disreputable Roman woman and the Germanic gladiator, Atretes. For her faith, Hadassah now languishes in condemnation, awaiting death in a dungeon beneath the arena. Atretes, who holds fast to his dreams of revenge for the slaughter of his people, wants his son back. So he seeks out John the Baptist, who is the key to finding the custodian of his son, and brings his war-weary soul closer to redemption.  
  
Many readers regard this is as the weakest in the series, despite the fact that it won a RITA® in 1996.
 
  
 
== Awards ==  
 
== Awards ==  
* [[1996 RITA® Winners & Finalists|1996 RITA®]] for [[RITA®: Romance with Religious or Spiritual Elements (Inspirational) Category|Inspirational Romance]]
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*1996 [[Romance Writers of America (RWA) Awards|RITA Award]] Winner - Inspirational Romance
  
 
== Related Titles ==
 
== Related Titles ==

Latest revision as of 18:32, 27 July 2025


Book Description

Following A Voice in the Wind and An Echo in the Darkness, As Sure as the Dawn continues the chronicles of Hadassah, a Christian slave woman living during the height of the Roman Empire. She has saved the life of the scorned child of a disreputable Roman woman and the Germanic gladiator, Atretes. For her faith, Hadassah now languishes in condemnation, awaiting death in a dungeon beneath the arena. Atretes, who holds fast to his dreams of revenge for the slaughter of his people, wants his son back. So he seeks out John the Baptist, who is the key to finding the custodian of his son, and brings his war-weary soul closer to redemption.


Awards

Related Titles

The "Mark of the Lion Series":