Böcker av Felicia Bridges

Fourteen-year-old Toby and his sixteen-year-old sister, Amy, are both searching for answers. While Toby delves into the deadly mystery he's uncovered in the wilds near their home in the highlands of Papua New Guinea, Amy searches for a divine purpose beyond her daily routine.When their good friend, Joaquin, comes home on shore leave, he brings a stranger from half a world away who threatens to interrupt both of their quests. Toby soon discovers that trusting the newcomer may risk exposing his secrets, but for Amy, the question is whether she can trust him with her heart.Catastrophe strikes when a mudslide destroys a village near their home, and ancient customs are twisted by modern motives of greed and violence. Toby and Amy find their quests converging in a life and death struggle where the sacrifice required of those who serve becomes clear.Will Toby and Amy find that setting aside their personal interests may lead to the answers they sought?

Peter, the oldest of seven children born to missionaries in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, resents the idea of leaving the only home he's known to go to college in the States. His parents insist he needs to leave the shelter of the familiar in order to discover a real and vibrant faith of his own. When he stumbles on evidence of a murder and reports it to the police, he launches his family and his best friend, Kasey, into a world of drug smuggling and human trafficking which threatens the lives of everyone he loves. Peter's temper lands eighteen-year-old Kasey in the hospital where they meet Esperanza, a sixteen-year-old victim of Hector, the same villain who threatens Peter and his family. The stakes are higher than ever. Esperanza is desperate to escape not only the vicious traffickers but her own dependence on the drugs they used to control her. Peter confronts his own darkest emotions and the consequences of his choices.He must decide between defeating the cartel through powers darker than Hector himself or trusting God to provide victory through the love of Christ.

Nicole Wise loves her new life in Prague almost as much as she loves telling people about Jesus. But when an election upset changes the balance of power in the formerly communist country, Nicole's outspoken attempts at evangelism lead to her parents' arrest on espionage charges. Teaming up with Jakub, a handsome, young Romani Czech, who has grown up homeless, Nicole and her little brother, Adam, evade corrupt authorities by hiding out in underground tunnels of the ancient city while hoping to find evidence of their parents' innocence. Their last resort is to make the proof public in a desperate bid to save them before it's too late. When Nicole and Adam's parents are caught in a standoff between political forces that threaten to erupt into a bloody civil war, Nicole finds herself standing alone against an army, faith her only defense.