''Immanuel's Veins'' is a
Christian novel
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The tradition of Christian fiction
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by the New York Times Bestselling Author
Ted Dekker that was released in
America
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on September 7, 2010. It follows the life, love, and death of Saint Thomas the Beast Hunter of
Russia in the 1st person. (Thomas is mentioned briefly, twice, in Dekker's book
Green.) This is Ted Dekker's first published 1st person book.
Summary
In 1772, the Cantemir family is placed in the safe-keeping of Toma Nicolescu by
Catherine the Great
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, father = Christian August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst
, mother = Joanna Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp
, birth_date =
, birth_name = Princess Sophie of Anhal ...
. He soon falls in love with Lucine Cantemir, the daughter of the family he is sworn to protect. Although, the fact of his love is kept secret from even her, for he is faithful to his duty. But then, Vlad van Valerik (Vlad is the same Vlad 'Smith' that is 'Shadow Man' in the 49th Mystic who is also known as Black in Showdown) comes onto the scene and starts courting Lucine, and Toma is alerted by this, whether it be in a sense of danger, or out of jealousy.
The Netherlands controversy
In the
Netherlands, ''Immanuel's Veins'' was not published because it was deemed by the Dutch publisher to be 'too sensual'. Dekker defended his novel by saying it was no more sensual than the ''
Song of Solomon'' in the
Bible. His American publisher,
Thomas Nelson, saw no reason not to publish the novel, and it was released in America on schedule.
References
External links
Novels by Ted Dekker
2010 American novels
Historical novels
Fiction set in 1772
Novels set in the 1770s
Thomas Nelson (publisher) books
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