WHEN THE NILE RUNS RED BY DiAnn Mills

WHEN THE NILE RUNS RED by DiAnn Mills takes place in war torn southern Sudan. It is an exciting book and hard to put down.
Dr Larson Farid and her husband Paul are based in a small village where they have a clinic. They work all over southern Sudan amongst the very poor, looking after the sick and injured and ministering to their spiritual needs.
Paul comes from a prestigious Muslim family who are trying to kill him for converting to Christianity and are willing to use any means to do so.
Colonel Ben Alier is a hardened warrior who is fighting to liberate the south from the dictatorship of the north. He is in love with Larson, but knows he can never have her now that she is married to Paul. He is committed to keeping her safe. He is not interested in Paul and Larson's message of Christianity until after he is reunited with his nearly grown up son and the young woman he abandoned years ago, who are also Christians. We see Daruka and David's forgiveness and their unconditional love for the man who has come back to them, with selfish motives in the beginning, and also the change in Ben who ends up loving the woman he only married in order to be close to his son. The softening in his attitude towards others and to the message of Christ is due in part to an unexpected illness for which he refuses treatment until he sees that he has something to live for with the family he has just found.
It is a story of a couple living out their Christian beliefs in the most difficult and dangerous circumstances, of unconditional love for the people of this sad and beautiful land, of forgiveness and betrayal.
With the Farid's adopted son, Thomas, and Larson and Daruka's pregnancies, there is a strong message of hope for the future.
This novel is realistically written and the setting and the people of the land are beautifully described. We see the incredible faithfulness of God towards His servants and His protection and deliverance in extremely dangerous situations, which makes this an encouraging read. I can highly recommend this novel.

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