Blink and you'll miss it!
Ted Dekker writes a shocking riviting book with BLINK.
Suspence and chase abide within:
Miriam Al-Asamm is a twenty-year old Saudi princess who despairs of the role her culture has forced upon her simply because she was born a woman. Miriam once said that girl children die three times - once, when their menstrual cycles begin and they are forced to wear the black shapeless bags that mark the wearer as property and not a person; the second time when they marry (now slaves to their husband's every whim, wish, and desire); the third and final time when the worn-out mother/wife's body fails her and she dies in body and mind.
Needless to say, no one wants to hear Miriam speak her thoughts - not about her station, not about her role, not about her opinions on how men should treat their wives and daughters.
Seth Border is a highly intelligent college student who has lost interest in academia. Just one more year, one more semester, and he will have acquired a Bachelor’s degree - at an almost unheard of young age. But, he'd rather go surfing than waste time listening to professors who can't handle having their professional ideas and theories (published, widely accepted in the scientific community), challenged. Still, he presses on, doing his best, not to fit in, but to avoid making more enemies than he absolutely has to.
Miriam has no husband, but one of her best friends, a child of only fifteen years, is getting married, and cannot abide the man her father sold her to. Child marriages are not uncommon - Miriam's own stepmother was a bride of thirteen years, and is not much older than the young teenager who's wedding the royal family is celebrating.
There is one man Miriam would love to marry, but she has no say - there have been conversations between Miriam and her friends, about how living in America would change their lives, and they could be their own person!
Then, circumstances arise that cause Miriam to flee both her house, and her country, traveling to a world she had only seen the briefest glimpses of while studying abroad.
Seth Border, after honestly questioning the existence of an 'all-knowing' creator, has found himself gifted with a strange ability to see a few seconds into the future. It has flicked into existence only a few times, but he does not doubt these unusual visions after seeing their accuracy.
This talent, miraculously, enables him to save the life of a runaway princess.
Together, Seth and Miriam struggle to stay one step ahead of the pursuers who wish to see Miriam either dead (along with her helper) - or married to a man she hates and wishes dead. Can he return her home safe and sound, or will they always be on the run? There is no safety to be found in seeking amnesty - Miriam is too well connected to the current families’ in power (she is their daughter), and her absence could very well lead to a military coup!
(This book explores one culture of our world today, just one aspect (or two) viewpoints about the humanitary treatment two countries have towards their people. Reading about different societies is nothing like experiencing them firsthand!)
Suspence and chase abide within:
Miriam Al-Asamm is a twenty-year old Saudi princess who despairs of the role her culture has forced upon her simply because she was born a woman. Miriam once said that girl children die three times - once, when their menstrual cycles begin and they are forced to wear the black shapeless bags that mark the wearer as property and not a person; the second time when they marry (now slaves to their husband's every whim, wish, and desire); the third and final time when the worn-out mother/wife's body fails her and she dies in body and mind.
Needless to say, no one wants to hear Miriam speak her thoughts - not about her station, not about her role, not about her opinions on how men should treat their wives and daughters.
Seth Border is a highly intelligent college student who has lost interest in academia. Just one more year, one more semester, and he will have acquired a Bachelor’s degree - at an almost unheard of young age. But, he'd rather go surfing than waste time listening to professors who can't handle having their professional ideas and theories (published, widely accepted in the scientific community), challenged. Still, he presses on, doing his best, not to fit in, but to avoid making more enemies than he absolutely has to.
Miriam has no husband, but one of her best friends, a child of only fifteen years, is getting married, and cannot abide the man her father sold her to. Child marriages are not uncommon - Miriam's own stepmother was a bride of thirteen years, and is not much older than the young teenager who's wedding the royal family is celebrating.
There is one man Miriam would love to marry, but she has no say - there have been conversations between Miriam and her friends, about how living in America would change their lives, and they could be their own person!
Then, circumstances arise that cause Miriam to flee both her house, and her country, traveling to a world she had only seen the briefest glimpses of while studying abroad.
Seth Border, after honestly questioning the existence of an 'all-knowing' creator, has found himself gifted with a strange ability to see a few seconds into the future. It has flicked into existence only a few times, but he does not doubt these unusual visions after seeing their accuracy.
This talent, miraculously, enables him to save the life of a runaway princess.
Together, Seth and Miriam struggle to stay one step ahead of the pursuers who wish to see Miriam either dead (along with her helper) - or married to a man she hates and wishes dead. Can he return her home safe and sound, or will they always be on the run? There is no safety to be found in seeking amnesty - Miriam is too well connected to the current families’ in power (she is their daughter), and her absence could very well lead to a military coup!
(This book explores one culture of our world today, just one aspect (or two) viewpoints about the humanitary treatment two countries have towards their people. Reading about different societies is nothing like experiencing them firsthand!)