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Defiance
Paperback
Mystery & ThrillerChristian Fiction
Publisher: Bentley Inspirations
Published: May 1 2026
Pages: 344
Weight: 1.01
Height: 0.77 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
South Point celebrated too soon.
The demons were driven out. The corrupt were arrested. The church survived. For one brief, miraculous night, the stronghold held - and the people of South Point dared to believe the darkness was finally finished with them.
It wasn't finished. It was regrouping.
Lucifer releases Lilith from her chains with a single command: return to South Point and reduce everything the faithful have rebuilt to ash. She arrives with a personal vendetta, a network of killers known as The Brotherhood, and a patience forged by ten years of humiliation. She does not intend to fail again.
Texas Ranger Campbell is unraveling.
The seizure in the convoy. The dreams in Spanish he cannot explain. The pull of La Gorda - a dead man's machete - that feels less like evidence and more like a summons. Something followed him out of South Point, and it is gaining ground inside him with every passing hour.
This hunt begins for the kidnapped girls.
One escaped her captors but realizes nowhere is safe. One will be used in a dangerous prisoner exchange. The other three are headed to a lifetime of certain misery.
The rescue team has recovered what the captors demanded only to be taken prisoner by a rival cartel.
The Messenger of God is being tortured for information he does not have.
The information he must share could accelerate his death and the rest of his team. The team looks around at the corpses of previous prisoners and envision their upcoming fatres.
A father leaves his sanctuary hoping to save the children he abandoned years ago.
It wasn't the numerous warrants for his arrest that concerned him. It was the demons coming after him for his defiance.
Brad and Warren feel the unmistakable pull to go home.
Warren's old architectural drawings - the ones they designed together years ago and never built - suddenly feel urgent. Like they were always meant for this moment.
Marcus Wheeler was seething as he was rubbing his scarred face and arms.
In his underground bunker he studies camera feed number eight which gives him a reason to smile. He immediately recognized the captive and knew it was going to be a glorious day. He had crafted a revenge list and was already working through it. The young girl, Vicki Frisk, was already in his custody. While he had been sleeping his henchmen had captured another. Isaac Greer is next.
Revival is coming to South Point.
So is everything sent to stop it.
Defiance is Book Three of The Stronghold Series - a Christian supernatural thriller spanning five centuries of spiritual warfare, Nephilim mythology, and the unbreakable power of belief. Set in fictional South Point, Texas, where the spiritual war is visible, the cost is real, and the faithful are tested beyond what they believe they can endure.
Fiction with Purpose.
Proceeds from the sale of this book are donated to organizations whose primary focus is the rescue, recovery, rehabilitation, and restoration of victims of human trafficking.
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A wonderful piece of fiction that I could easily see being adapted into a screen production. Gave me a
similar feeling as the Netflix hit STRANGER THINGS... extremely memorable. I cannot recommend this
fictional world and author enough. - Matthew Lloyd, Reedsy Discovery
This isn't fast-paced for speed's sake - the story keeps raising the stakes while making sure every choice
leaves a mark. - Harper B. Morgan, Reedsy Discovery
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