Book Details
Author: Chris Heimerdinger
Release Date: October 2014
Publisher: Covenant Communications
Genre: Historical Fiction
Book Synopsis
AT THE PRECIPICE OF BATTLEON THE BRINK OF EXTINCTION ON THE SLOPES OF CUMORAH
Join our time-traveling heroes from the Tennis Shoes Adventure Series as they stand ready to take part in one of the most intense, supercharged, and harrowing contests in all of Book of Mormon history. Surrounded by more than a million Lamanites and Gadianton robbers, Joshua, Harry, Apollus, Meagan, Garth, Steffanie, and many other favorite Tennis Shoes characters brace themselves with the Nephite nation for the promised day of violence and thunder. For four long years, the prophet Mormon has guided his people into making the Hill Cumorah an impregnable fortress against any adversary, but conflict and corruption among the Nephites threaten to undermine all of Mormon’s efforts and make everyone—including our characters—vulnerable for disaster.Drums of Desolation is a novel of herculean ambition, serving as a sequel not only for Tennis Shoes Book 11: Sorcerers and Seers but also for Passage to Zarahemla and Escape from Zarahemla, combining characters and struggles from both of Chris Heimerdinger’s epic series.
Featuring nail-biting suspense and nonstop action, Drums of Desolation stands as one of the most important fictional studies ever undertaken of the most climactic and ¬heart-breaking episode in the Book of Mormon. Fasten up for the thrill ride of your life—an adventure that will carry you from the depths of despair to the heights of glorious triumph in the midst of one of the most complex and sinister centuries ever experienced in the New World.
DESTRUCTION IS UNAVOIDABLE!
SURVIVAL IS PARAMOUNT!
My Review
I have been following this series since the first printing in 1989. The series continues to thrill and entertain many readers including my family. I LOVE that it brings the scriptures alive and helps my mind grasp the stories so much better. I also LOVE the time travel aspect. How fun and intriguing it would be to travel back to Nephite times.
The adventures continue in this EPIC tale as you travel through rifts in time and space into the land of the Nephites and the Lamanites....beware of the Gadianton Robbers!
As the synopsis states this book combines characters from both the Tennis Shoes series and the Zarahemla series. I highly suggest you read at least a few of the Tennis Shoes books and at least the first book in the Zarahemla series BEFORE you read this book.
You will also find "chapter notes" explaining more details...which I really appreciate.
I absolutely recommend this series for the entire family!
Chris Heimerdinger's first novel,Tennis Shoes Among the Nephites, first appeared in August of 1989. With the twelfth installment, Drums of Desolation, the Tennis Shoes Adventure series has sold over a million and half copies on book and audio. Chris is the author of the novel Passage to Zarahemla and producer/director of the feature film of the same name, as well as its book sequel, Escape from Zarahemla, which are now officially part of the Tennis Shoes universe. He is also the producer/songwriter on the album Whispered Visions. WithDrums of Desolation, Chris presents the twentieth novel of his writing career a creative span of more than a quarter century.
He is married to Emily and has eleven children, the youngest being Hunter Helaman. Chris lives with his family in Providence, Utah.
ZARAHEMLA SERIES
PASSAGE TO ZARAHEMLA ON DVD
The adventures continue in this EPIC tale as you travel through rifts in time and space into the land of the Nephites and the Lamanites....beware of the Gadianton Robbers!
As the synopsis states this book combines characters from both the Tennis Shoes series and the Zarahemla series. I highly suggest you read at least a few of the Tennis Shoes books and at least the first book in the Zarahemla series BEFORE you read this book.
You will also find "chapter notes" explaining more details...which I really appreciate.
I absolutely recommend this series for the entire family!
About the Author
Chris Heimerdinger's first novel,Tennis Shoes Among the Nephites, first appeared in August of 1989. With the twelfth installment, Drums of Desolation, the Tennis Shoes Adventure series has sold over a million and half copies on book and audio. Chris is the author of the novel Passage to Zarahemla and producer/director of the feature film of the same name, as well as its book sequel, Escape from Zarahemla, which are now officially part of the Tennis Shoes universe. He is also the producer/songwriter on the album Whispered Visions. WithDrums of Desolation, Chris presents the twentieth novel of his writing career a creative span of more than a quarter century.He is married to Emily and has eleven children, the youngest being Hunter Helaman. Chris lives with his family in Providence, Utah.
TENNIS SHOES AMONG THE NEPHITES SERIES
ZARAHEMLA SERIES
PASSAGE TO ZARAHEMLA ON DVD
I've read few of his books. He is a fantastic story teller. I love that he can keep them coming.
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