Kingdom's Hope
Authors: Chuck Black
“A
Pilgrim's Progress
for the Xbox generation! That's what Chuck Black has achieved in his Kingdom Series, an allegory of the whole Bible told in a medieval format of noble knights and scathing sword fights, quests and dragons, betrayal and final victory by the true Prince over the Dark Knight.”
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AVE
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ACKSON
author of the
Trailblazer
novels
“Take up the sword handed to you and boldly carry it through the pages of Chuck Black's Kingdom Series. You'll be held captive by a creative journey through a distant world that leads to God's Word â¦Â and a kingdom like no other.”
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author of
Swashbuckling Faith:
Exploring for Treasure with Pirates of the Caribbean
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This is a work of fiction. The characters, incidents, and dialogues are products of the author's imagination and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
K
INGDOM'S
H
OPE
published by Multnomah Publishers, Inc.
© 2002, 2006 by Chuck Black
Published in association with The Steve Laube Agency, LLC
5501 North Seventh Avenue #502, Phoenix, AZ 85013
“Discovery” music copyright © 2002 by Emily Elizabeth Black;
lyrics copyright © 2002 by Chuck Black
Interior illustrations by Marcella Johnson
Interior design by Katherine Lloyd.
The DESK Unless otherwise indicated, Scripture quotations are from:
The Holy Bible
, New King James Version
© 1984 by Thomas Nelson, Inc.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Black, Chuck.
   Kingdom's hope / Chuck Black.
      p. cm. â (The kingdom series; bk. 2)
   eISBN: 978-0-307-56268-5
   I. Title.
   PS3602.L264K564 2006
   813'.6âdc22                                                         2006005474
v3.1_r1
I dedicate this book to my future grandchildren.
Your place in my arms is waiting.
© Chuck Black
TREK OF DELIVERANCE
My name is Cedric â¦Â Cedric of Chessington. I am traveling with the greatest noble force ever established in the kingdom of Arrethtrae and beyond. We are on a crusade of deliverance, for the kingdom is in the hands of an evil warrior named Lucius. He is known as the wicked Dark Knight. He and his Shadow Warriors control the land â¦Â but their days are short.
What lies ahead can be understood only if you know what lay in the past. You may have joined me before to hear the telling of a gallant knight and his quest to fulfill the mission given him by the King of Arrethtrae. It is Leinad's story that brings understanding to the battle I journey toward. I first met Leinad when I was just a boy. His tales of great adventure captivated me. It was not until I was much older that I came to realize that those grand stories of the kingdom were true indeed. It is an honor and a privileged duty to retell the saga of the valiant Sir Leinad and his faithful companion, Tess.
The final leg of my journeyâwith mounted men of valor and courageâaffords time to reflect. Come with me back to the time of my mentor, Leinad, Knight of the King. His people were in bondage, but the King had called him to be the instrument of their call for freedom.