With the Bolshevik Revolution threatening the Romanovs, Tsar Nikolai enlists help from Anton Klassen. But Anton's beloved Oksana harbors a dangerous secret---will it be their ruination? 288 pages, softcover.
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4.5 out of 5 stars
Reviewed by Sharron Houk (Springfield, IL), December 08, 2009
I enjoyed this series of 4 books. It was a bit difficult to determine which should be read first. It seemed like I read them backwards when I had finished.
5 out of 5 stars
Reviewed by Tina (Hopkinsville, KY), August 21, 2009
This was such a good story I am now looking for the first three books in this series.
5 out of 5 stars
Reviewed by Stephanie (North Carolina), November 28, 2007
Out of all four, this one is my favorite. Oksana is a well-drawn character whose struggles of living a double life are realistically portrayed, and she is almost criminally easy to care about. Anton's emotional conflicts are just as deep and real, and I can definitely identify with his need to fulfill a purpose, even from a status that makes him feel like he's literally lost in a crowd. The plot and suspense are quite well done, and the dynamics of Oksana and Anton's relationship are a great mix of sweet, tense, and outright heart-stopping. Lovely, lovely work, Susie!
5 out of 5 stars
Reviewed by Deborah (Portsmouth, VA), October 10, 2007
I was afraid when reading this book I would be lost because I hadn't read the 2nd and 3rd book in the series. I had read the first book, Ekaterina, and had enjoyed it very much. However this book reads as a novel by itself although reading the other books will probably help to connect the complete storyline. I'm a huge fan of Russian history especially when dealing with the Russian royal family. I have always found the rise and fall of the last Tsar of Russia and his family fascinating. This story weaves historical fact with fiction beautifully. It's a really good story too, with lots of suspense and romance. What I also enjoyed about this story is that while most stories during this time period focus on Anastasia, this one was mainly about Olga. It was nice to read about a different perspective. It was obvious lots of research went into writing this book. I could almost imagine I was part of the story myself, trying to get into disguise and running for my life. Even though I haven't read the two books in between I can see how the first book and the last book tie into together with lots of clues finally being revealed. Excellent historical fiction and highly recommended.
5 out of 5 stars
Reviewed by Cassie (Maine), October 12, 2006
I love the entire Heirs of Anton series. But, I love Oksana so much that I am on my third time reading it! It's an awesome book!
5 out of 5 stars
Reviewed by Barbara (Brookfield, CT), January 28, 2006
This entire series is WONDERFUL! In this book not only do we meet Oksana, but Anton himself. Well written--as are all of Susan May Warren's books.
5 out of 5 stars
Reviewed by Cassie (Maine), November 18, 2005
I loved this book. I've loved all of the Heirs of Anton books, but I do believe OKSANA is my favorite!
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Author: Susan May Warren
Submitted: January 30, 2008
Tell us a little about yourself. Susan May Warren is the best-selling author of more than 20 novels and novellas with Tyndale, Barbour and Steeple Hill. A three time Christy award finalist, and three time winner of the Inspirational Readers Choice contest, Susan currently has over 500,000 books in print. A seasoned women’s events speaker and writing teacher, she’s taught at the American Christian Fiction Writer’s conference for the past three years, and she runs a fiction editing service mybooktherapy training writers how to tell a great story. After serving for eight years with her husband and four children as missionaries in Khabarovsk, Far East Russia she now writes full-time while her husband runs a hotel on Lake Superior in northern Minnesota
What was your motivation behind this project? How I long to have the faith of Abraham, or David, believing in God’s promises, and his sufficiency! But I can be such a fickle lamb, forgetting the care and leading of my shepherd, baaing in fear or even despair when the skies overhead turn dark. Such was the situation when I wrote Oksana. Overwhelmed by deadlines, and the awesome task of writing this story -- a story of faith and courage, a story about a man and a woman who began three generations of faith -- I stared at the blinking cursor of the computer and baa-ed. Thankfully, God is not fickle, or afraid. He is sufficient, and has the right words for every writer. As I pulled my laptop onto my lap and began tapping, one verse hung in my mind: “You are my witnesses,” declares the Lord, “any my servant who I have chosen, so that you may know and believe me and understand that I am he.” (Is 43:10) God IS who He says He is – my provider, my sustainer, my encourager. And, as Oksana poured out onto the page, I saw this verse come alive in my life. Never had a story emerged with such passion from my heart as this one did. Never had I sensed God’s hand in writing more than in the birth of Oksana. Never did my faith grow as it did when I flung myself into God’s hands and lived out Anton and Oksana’s story – a story of trusting God, one step at a time, believing in his faithfulness to all generations. (or, all chapters, as the case may be!).
I wish I could see ahead to my children’s lives, to know that they will walk in faith, and that their lives will be fruitful for the Lord. But I can’t – I can only put them into God’s hands and walk faithfully today.
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