Kingdom's Dawn review

 Kingdom’s Dawn by Chuck Black

⭐⭐⭐ - 3 stars

“He’s just a young man, but that doesn’t change the truth. He was chosen…

Sixteen-year-old Leinad thought he was a common farmer’s son, nothing more. He wondered why his father had trained him for years to master the sword—not exactly a tool of the trade for farmers—but one tragic event initiates a world of revelation.

Only then does he begin to understand his calling—a calling no other man in the entire kingdom of Arrethtrae can fulfill—a calling given him by the King Himself.

Teamed with a young slave girl, Leinad is thrust into adversity and danger—for the Dark Knight and his vicious Shadow Warriors will stop at nothing to thwart the King’s plan to restore the kingdom. Leinad will need more than a sharp blade and a swift hand to fulfill his mission and survive the evil plots of the King’s sworn enemies!

Journey to Arrethrae, where the King and His Son implement a bold plan to save their kingdom; where courage, faith, and loyalty stand tall in the face of opposition; where good will not bow to evil—and the future of a kingdom lies in the hands of a young man.

Kingdom’s Dawn is the first book in the series and spans the time from Adam to Moses”

I was scouring my bookshelf for a book to read after exclaiming, “I have nothing to read!” (We all do that, do we not?) Grabbing this book off my shelf brought memories of reading Kingdom’s Dawn aloud with my family. However, we never made it past chapter six. Finally, after nearly three years of this book lying around on a shelf, unopened, I let the story take me away.

I have not read many allegorical books so I do not have a full opinion yet on my liking of them. It is quite obvious that Kingdom’s Dawn fits into the Christ allegory category. I found it entertaining to connect the happenings with stories in the Bible.  Arrethrae being heaven, Lucius being Lucifer, how The Fall happened, etc. I just find it fun to connect them even though it’s so obvious.
Did anyone else realize Leinad’s name spelled backwards is Daniel? I just figured that out as I was completing the book. There are probably more things I didn’t catch.
This was a nice, adventurous read yet I would not reread it be it my choice. My family and I own the second book so sometime in the future I plan on continuing the series.