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  • Rise to Power

  • The David Chronicles, Volume 1
  • By: Uvi Poznansky
  • Narrated by: David George
  • Length: 7 hrs and 38 mins
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Rise to Power

By: Uvi Poznansky
Narrated by: David George
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Here is the story of David as you have never heard it before: from the king himself, telling the unofficial version, the one he never allowed his court scribes to recount. Rooted in ancient lore, his is a surprisingly modern memoir.

Notorious for his contradictions, David is seen by others as a gifted court entertainer, a successful captain in Saul’s army, a cunning fugitive, a traitor leading a gang of felons, and a ruthless raider of neighboring towns who leaves no witnesses behind. But how does he see himself, during this first phase of his life?

With his hands stained with blood, can he find an inner balance between conflicting drives: his ambition for the crown, his determination to survive the conflict with Saul, and his longing for purity, for a touch of the divine, as expressed so lyrically in his psalms?

If you like ancient historical fiction about court intrigue, this king David novel has a modern twist like no book you have read before.

©2013 Uvi Poznansky (P)2014 Uvi Poznansky

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Monty Python meets Horrible Histories

If you're looking for uplifting, biblical fiction, this book isn't for you. It's kind of humorous in places and sometimes clever, but I think that's more due to the skill of the narrator than the actual story. If I'd been looking for comedy or biblical parody, I would have given this book more stars. As it is, I feel quite misled. It starts with gratuitous bad language and ends with gratuitous innuendo, both of which I don't think belong in biblical fiction. I don't know what category this belongs under, but it definitely wasn't what I expected it would be. Maybe it would deserve more stars if it was listed under the comedy section. The narrator however, 10 stars. He at least got me to the end, but I won't be buying anymore in this series.

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