The book is Day of War by Cliff Graham.
Let me tell you... This book was absolutely awesome. I read it every moment of free time I could spare. I just couldn't put it down. Now, what's all this about? Here goes...
Brutal fights.
Blood and gore.
Hard hitting action.
Swords.
Spears.
Shields.
CLUBS.
And this book WILL club you, knock some sense into you, and you will never read your biblical history the same way ever again!
Just about everyone knows the story, or at least the analogy, of David and Goliath. But most people out there tend to forget that there is WAY more to the story than David's epic ownage of a giant of Gath.
Yes, David slew Goliath. With a stone. And then proceeded to CHOP OFF HIS FREAKIN HEAD with Goliath's own massive sword. But after that....
David became the ultimate bad boy warrior who slew thousands in the name of the Lord and Israel's first king, Saul. David was so good at being bad that it made Saul look bad, and not in the good way that David was bad in the best way possible. Still with me? Hang in there...
So Saul turned against David and made him a wanted man, an enemy of the state. So David went on the run. But David wasn't alone: he had friends, compatriots, allies...
His Mighty Men.
These Mighty Men were just as bad as David.
Fighters. Warriors. Barbarians.
Day of War is the introductory story of the Lion Of War series.
It introduces us to Benaiah, son of Jehoiada, a valiant warrior from Kabzeel. As one of David's warband, he is tasked with a side-mission from David, and it is during this side-mission that opens the book for us that we see what kind of mighty man Benaiah is.
The book continues on, fast-paced and full throttle, returning Benaiah to rejoin the warlord David, the Lion of Judah, and his thousands strong army on the march. We meet other legendary fighters like the powerful Three: Josheb, Eleazar, and Shammah and the new-comer, a foreigner, the Hittite Keth, a master of the forge who brings the edge of Iron into the fading Bronze age.
There's so much I want to say about this book, but I don't dare give away all its secrets. As River Song would say, "Tsk, tsk, tsk... Spoilers!" And I certainly don't want to ruin it for anyone.
What I can tell you, is go read Second Samuel in the Old Testament... And all the glossed-over details that aren't there, when they mention a battle and how many fought or died or did this or that, Cliff Graham takes these bits in between and expands them into a gripping tale of action, courage, bravado, and humility, love, loss, triumph, fear and epic Faith. Sure, its about winning, but its also about losing, and what you do to get back up after you've fallen and don't want to get up. It's an encouraging story of life and depending on God when all seems lost, and especially when it all seems right.
Now that I have read the book, I cannot wait for the rest of the series to come out. I'm excited that this series has already been optioned for motion pictures, but whatever they make will never be as awesome as the pictures in my mind as I read Day of War.
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Robert KEMPER
Epic realisation and bringing to life of biblical word.
Reviewed in Australia on November 23, 2021
