Tuesday, September 1, 2015

BOOK EXCERPT: SEVENTH DIMENSION - THE CASTLE: A Young Adult Fantasy: “Time Travel to the First Century”


         



EXCERPT:



      I turned my attention to a group of men further away, where angry voices disturbed the temple ambiance. Their attire meant they were priests and members of the council. I drew closer to listen.
“We must find a way to trap him.”
“Trap him with his own words? Annas, forget it. We’ve tried that.”
“We need to arrest him and bring him in for questioning, but it has to be when his followers aren’t around.”
“He needs to be put to death,” Annas insisted. “He’s a threat to our power. The masses hang on every word he says.”
“Where does he go at night?” another asked.
The priests gazed at one another. No one had an answer.
“If we could find out, put a spy on Yeshua and bring him in when the people are still asleep—”
“We need a volunteer.”
The eyes of the holy men searched the cloister.
“We don’t have much time,” another said. “This has to be done before the start of Pesach.”
“That’s impossible.”
A priest threw up his hands. “What do you suggest?”
Two men had separated themselves from the rest towards the back of the cloister. I slipped closer to listen.
The men were elderly members of the council, but they weren’t dressed in priestly robes. They were probably Pharisees.
One of them ran his hand through his beard. “Once I asked the sage how I could be born again.”
“What did he say to you, Nicodemus?
“Joseph, I’ve never shared this with another member of the council.
“You have my confidence.”
Nicodemus touched his beard again. “He said that until a man is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”
Joseph palmed up his hands. “We need the kingdom of God now. How can we see it?”
Nicodemus glanced at the temple. “Ask God to reveal to us the truth.”
Joseph raised his eyebrow. “I know the truth.”
“How can you be sure what truth is?” Nicodemus asked.
“I’ve known Yeshua since he was young. He’s the fulfillment of the Messianic prophecies.”
Nicodemus snatched Joseph’s hands. “Why don’t you tell the high priest?”
Joseph shook his head. “I keep praying God will open his eyes, as he has opened yours and mine.”
Nicodemus warned, “If they capture him, they’ll kill him. We can’t let that happen.”
I dropped my head and turned away. If two members of the council couldn’t change events, who could? Messiah or not, did he have to die? If time was an illusion, how many different pasts could exist? The futility of being stuck in the first century grieved me if I couldn’t change it. What was God’s purpose to bring me here? Surely, this wasn’t God’s appointed time—that couldn’t be changed—unless Yeshua was who he claimed to be.


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Tuesday, August 25, 2015

FREE BOOK: SEVENTH DIMENSION - THE DOOR: A Young Adult Fantasy, free on Amazon Kindle and Other eBook Websites







Amazon has agreed to make Seventh Dimension - The Door free on Amazon Kindle.




2013 International Book Awards Finalist
2013 Grace Awards Finalist
2013 Selah Awards Finalist
2013 Readers' Favorite Finalist
2014 Book Goodies Best Cover Contest Winner, YA category


Seventh Dimension -The King, book 2 is available for $2.99 on Kindle and Seventh Dimension - The Castle, book 3 is available for 3.99 on Kindle. Am I Okay, God? a devotional series that goes with the Seventh Dimension Series is available for FREE on Amazon Prime.

How could you not want to read it, right? I was also doing a little marketing and discovered that the audiobook of Seventh Dimension - The Door has been taken down. I had asked Audible if I could have a professional narrator redo it and they agreed, but they didn't tell me they removed it,  so I am in the process of having it re-narrated now. The audio will be much better with a professional narrator. 

Seven Dimension - The King, Book 2 is available in audiobook from Audio.com, and I discovered that Audio has it listed for FREE with a 30-day membership. 




Monday, August 10, 2015

GUEST POST BY SHERRILL S. CANNON: Book Review of Seventh Dimension - The Castle: A Young Adult Fantasy, Book 3




I am so thrilled by all the positive reviews from my new book The Castle in the Seventh Dimension Series.  I am thankful for those who have posted reviews and the encouragement it's given me to finish the fourth book in the series. 




The Castle: A Young Adult Fantasy (Seventh Dimension Series Book 3) This is truly an awesome series, and since I gave 5 stars to The Door, Book 1, and six stars to The King, Book 2, I must give 7 stars to this newest release, The Castle, Book 3.




Once more, the familiar characters interact and reveal more about the different time dimensions in which the story is told. I found the section about the Crucifixion the most compelling, having this literally earth-shattering event described through the eyes of a young man from 2015.




The juxtaposition of other historical events, including the description of Caiaphas with a shadow of a swastika, made the story eerily plausible. Later in the book, it was also enjoyable to become reacquainted with some of the characters of Ms. Roberts’ children’s book The Donkey and the King…all of these swirling and interconnecting through different dimensions of time. 

Once again I find myself grateful that the series will continue, as well as impatient that I have to wait!


Sunday, August 2, 2015

BOOK REVIEW: SEVENTH DIMENSION - THE CASTLE: A YOUNG ADULT FANTASY: Amazon Reviewer/Author Martin Roth








Gripping New Supernatural Thriller

By 
Martin Roth 
on August 1, 2015
Format: Kindle Edition
I am a fan of the Seventh Dimension Series of Christian supernatural thrillers from Lorilyn Roberts, and her latest, The Castle, is the best.

Like its predecessor, The King, it relates the story of Daniel, a young Jewish man from present-day Jerusalem who enters the seventh dimension, where, as a friend tells him, “time is an illusion.” He finds himself in first-century Palestine and a witness to events surrounding the arrest and trial of Yeshua (Jesus).

These scenes occupy roughly the first half of the book, and in many respects, they are the most gripping part of the whole drama. Though we know of course that Yeshua is going to be betrayed and convicted, we still share the profound sense of apprehension and horror experienced by Daniel as he watches the events unfold right before him.

At the same time, extra tension is injected into the proceedings because we are aware that Daniel himself is in danger, as he is wanted by the Roman authorities and has escaped from prison.

And in this superbly written multi-layered book there is even more. For overshadowing everything is our knowledge that present-day Daniel is searching for his father, who disappeared while on a business trip. It seems that perhaps he is being held in a mysterious castle, somewhere far away.

I enjoy historical fiction and was impressed by the skillful way in which the author brings Palestine to life. One moment we are in a Roman prison, then we are in the temple in Jerusalem, watching Yeshua argue with the merchants. We are in the Garden of Gethsemane when the guards arrest Yeshua (and almost arrest Daniel). We are at Golgotha as Yeshua dies on the cross.

I was happy that the author resisted the temptation to hurry the action along. So we have time to look around, hear the sounds, and smell the fragrances. We feel we are there.

The book becomes darker towards the end, and without giving too much away, there are further encounters with Yeshua that are straight from the Book of Revelation. And here Daniel learns something about his father and understands that he has been chosen for a special mission. It is a dramatic ending that sets us up for the next book in the series.

Highly recommended.
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Wednesday, July 29, 2015

BOOK REVIEW: “Seventh Dimension - The Castle: A Young Adult Fantasy,” Five Stars from Amazon Reviewer/Author Jim Edwards: “A Fast Paced, Powerful and Insightful Novel - Excellent Read”
















 
By Jim Edwards on July 29, 2015
Format: Kindle Edition
 
Once again, Lorilyn Roberts has given us a powerfully crafted sequel to her Seventh Dimension series. This is so much more than a YA Fantasy novel. I am well past her intended age group. This is a 21st Century re-telling of the greatest story ever told. In a fast-paced tale with many unexpected twists and turns, she draws out the depths of the human condition and the deceitfulness of the tempter, while illustrating the power and selfless love of Yeshua the Rabbi from Nazareth.

Daniel, now a young man, but born towards the end of the 20th century is stuck in the Seventh Dimension, in which time is an illusion until God’s appointed times. In ‘The Castle’ he becomes an eyewitness to the trials, crucifixion and resurrection of Yeshua, passionately described with great attention to detail and accuracy. 

Daniel has to decide for himself whether or not this healer and rabbi really is the long-promised Jewish Messiah, and whether his death was a murder or a sacrifice. What he cannot deny is witnessing Yeshua’s resurrection.

To acknowledge Yeshua as his Messiah, will be hugely costly and difficult against a hostile culture, and will Yeshua be able to help him find and free his missing father from his castle prison? For this we eagerly await the final book in the series.

Friday, July 24, 2015

SEVENTH DIMENSION - THE CASTLE: A YOUNG ADULT FANTASY, BOOK 3, is Available Now in Bookstores


                      



TIME IS AN ILLUSION UNTIL GOD'S APPOINTED TIME~Lorilyn Roberts






SEVENTH DIMENSION - THE CASTLE NOW AVAILABLE  AND GET FREE EBOOK OF THE DOOR
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The Seventh Dimension Award-Winning Series continues in The Castle.



Haunted by a recurring dream of his missing father in a mysterious castle, 17-year-old Daniel is captured by the Romans and finds asylum in the Temple. There he discovers a scroll that reveals his future concerning a wager between good and evil. 

But the stakes are raised when he witnesses the trial and crucifixion of Yeshua. The convergence of time with supernatural events creates a suspenseful ending and leads to the fourth and final book in the Seventh Dimension SeriesThe City (HOPEFULLY AVAILABLE OCTOBER 1, 2015).



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Seventh Dimension - The Door, A Young Adult Christian Fantasy, is the first book in the Seventh Dimension Series that combines contemporary, historical, and fantasy elements into a Christian "coming-of-age" story. 

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Friday, July 10, 2015

BOOK REVIEW OF SEVENTH DIMENSION - THE KING: A YOUNG ADULT FANTASY “Journey to Jesus,” Five Stars from Amazon Reviewer Eishinas


on July 10, 2015
All readers who pick up Author Lorilyn Roberts’ Seventh Dimension- The King are sure to take an interestingly engaging life journey of Daniel - a seventeen-year-old Jewish boy who doesn't keep faith in God and Jewish beliefs. After witnessing the war and its suffering victims, one fine day Daniel's life gets a new dimension when he finds himself transported through time from Israel to the Roman ruling era.

The King unfolds itself into a captivating read with the perfect blend of fantasy, religion, and drama to be explored by Daniel in a whole new Seventh Dimension.

Author Lorilyn Roberts has done a wonderful job of depicting a realistic picture of times in the book be it the war struck Israel or be it the times of the Roman rule and their lifestyle making it easy for her readers to have a perfect imaginary visual of the adventures of Daniel's life.

I would highly recommend this absolutely interesting book to people of all ages and esp. to those with an interest in religion or historic reading. For sure this book is to keep its readers engaged till the very last page, providing them with a whole new and strong storyline in the genre of fantasy. It's a must-read!!




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