No Greater Love

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1. Christy Lockstein  •  Apr 26, 2010 @3:00 pm
   

   No Greater Love by Kathi Macias is the first book in the Extreme Devotion series about Christians around the world facing the ultimate test of faith. In 1989 South Africa is still under apartheid. No one knows that better than Chioma. Now a servant on the Vorster farm, she watched her parents slaughtered by the white authorities for insurrection, then her brother murdered by friends of the Vorster’s son Andrew. She’s tried to fight her feelings for Andrew, but his knowing blue eyes force her to see him as more than just the color of his skin. After yet another tragedy, Chioma lives on the run, hiding with rebel forces known as the ANC. Meanwhile, the Vorsters, Anana and Pieter are forced to reconcile their deep faith with apartheid and how it has affected their family. Macias does a wonderful job portraying the complicated emotions of the Vorsters as they struggle with their faith, as well as with Chioma’s wavering loyalty. She puts the reader in the middle of a story that can have no happy ending, but forces us to sympathize with Chioma’s suffering as well as the Vorster’s confusion. Macias makes the characters come to life and refuses to take the easy way out. It’s a powerful novel that will force readers to think deeply about what true faith looks like.

2. Kathi Macias  •  Apr 26, 2010 @3:05 pm
   

   Thank you for the great review of No Greater Love! You so perfectly captured the heart of the story!

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