Shadow in the Valley

About the Book

If you had to choose between obeying your parents or someone else who had authority over you and obeying God, what would you do? If you were a slave and had to choose between obeying your master and obeying God, What would you do? When the Roman Army comes to Agen, a village in the Aquitaine Valley of southern Gaul (France), Faith must make that decision, and face the consequences. She shares the story of Christianity with Timon, a young slave of the army’s commander. Timon also faces consequences. The army’s commander is given the same choice and faces consequences, too.

About the Author

Carol Jean Cooper has been a writer of poetry and stories almost since the day she learned to put pencil to paper. Eventually she started writing novels. She has lived in nine different states, been a middle-school teacher, a community college instructor, a mom and, eventually, a grandmother The Martyr Series, which includes The Potter’s Son, Echo of Love, Shadow in the Valley, and Inconvenient Testimony, was written at the insistence of her granddaughters.