Kabul 24

You may or may not know that I am now blogging for Thomas Nelson Publishers and reviewing some of their newest or soon-to-be released material. My most recent book from them is called 'Kabul 24' by Ben Pearson and Henry O. Arnold.
This book chronicles the saga of eight Western SNI aid workers who are falsely accused of proliferating in the country of Afghanistan, while doing relief work, shortly before 9-11. In a mind-boggling series of real life twists, the eight are shuffled from prison to prison in the midst of the Taliban's collapse. Their prison conditions are horrible, their court trial is ridiculous as far as justice goes but their hope and faith in God never wavers. These eight have experienced the fire and lived to come through the other side. If the story itself is not amazing enough, what is even more intriguing are the "miracles" that happen within the story. Example after example of God showing up in even the darkest, most frightening of circumstances.
I will admit, I don't fully understand the Taliban, Northern Alliance and all of the different regime fighting and changing in the middle east. This book did a good job in helping me to piece together a little bit of what was happening on that side of the world before the World Trade Center Towers were attacked. If eight Christians can persevere against a sect such as the Taliban who are quite 'anti-Christian', at times showing fear but always trusting God, then their ordeal was not in vain and their story is a beacon of hope to us all.
Check this book out!