The Fifth Mountain

The Phoenician princess Jezebel mandates the execution of all prophets who refuse to worship the pagan god Baal in the ninth century b.c. When an angel of God orders Elijah to leave Israel, he travels to the country of Zarephath in search of safety. There, he unintentionally meets a young widow and falls in love. Yet this newly discovered rapture is to be cut short, and Elijah sees all of his goals and dreams irreparably shattered as he is drawn into a tornado of activities that endangers his life. Written with the same masterful prose and clarity of vision that made "The Alchemist "an international phenomenon, "The Fifth Mountain" is a quietly moving account of a man touched by the hand of God who must triumph over his frustrations in a soul-shattering trial of faith.