Days of Fire: Battles for Freedom:

A boy from the future. A Persian slave girl. One deadly secret.Marius, a delinquent teenager, has more trouble than he can handle. He is sent back in time and finds himself facing yet another dilemma.King Antiochus Epiphanes IV crushes Jerusalem, leaving the Jewish people in deep affliction. Their lives in jeopardy, their faith torn from them, they are living without hope - until one humble man in Modein decides to challenge the Seleucid Soldiers.Marius finds himself fighting side-by-side with the great Judah Maccabee, while his heart is secretly longing for a beautiful Persian slave girl named Shireen.The world is falling apart - will Marius and Shireen find each other again, before all is lost?Huber's gift of storytelling shines through in Days of Fire. Her voice is hypnotic, her characters entrancing, her plot twists and rolls magnificently in unexpected ways. Best of all, you get an ending that is immensely satisfying. Days of Fire will burn in your brain for a very long time.~Heather Blanton, bestselling author of A Lady in Defiance