So I finally (after 4 months of waiting for it's release) got to read Karen Hancock's new book "Return of the Guardian King"! I loved it! I read it until my eyes crossed every night and I got a ton of cardio in because I love to read on the elliptical machine. I wish there were more Christian authors like Karen Hancock. Reviewers have likened her work to the caliber of Tolkien and C.S. Lewis and I would have to agree. It is filled with thrilling, white knuckled, page turning adventure and a dash of romance. Her series is truly eyeopening to the dark forces that operate in our everyday lives and minds as Christians. It is very much like Joyce Meyer's "Battlefield of the Mind" in action applied to fictional circa 1600 characters. In her 4 book series you are awakened to the way that Satan tries to invade your thoughts and control your life so that you don't immediately cast your cares upon Jesus and trust Him for everything. Through these characters lives you get to see the everyday struggles that all of us wrestle with as we seek to keep the mind of Christ amidst normal (and phenomenal) circumstances. It amazes me how a fictional account can make you so ravenous for the Word.