Tahn

Man! I am an avid reader, but I mostly read books on tape because otherwise I may never finish them. Usually the printed versions don't hold my interest long enough. However, I couldn't put this book down. I had to find out what happened next. L. A. Kelly is a great author: very creative and a very good writer. This book has a lot of adventure and even some romance. However, it is really nice because the romance does not get in the way of the adventure. The characters are also very relatable. Enjoy!!

Set in a mythical, Medieval, European type country, Tahn is a story of choices between redemption and hell. Each character must face his or her own heart and Lord. There are the degraded, dire young men chosen from childhood to be assassins, including Tahn Dorn, he whose name makes this book's title. The Christians must face their own human failings at a time when life seems barely worth living. A mesmerizing story, Tahn grips the imagination, pulls the reader into bi-partisanship with the characters, and presents knotty problems that bear great resemblance to today's anxieties. A real nail-biter of a plot keeps tension and drama throughout the story. Will these people we've accepted as friends make the right decisions? Violent scenes are offset by deep, committed love. Soul sickness rampages into healing. Badness is evil, but sometimes it is redeemable. Drawing from her background as waitress, tutor, EMT, Christian worker, and parent, L. A. Kelly uses a poet's touch, embellished with a raconteur's words to present believable characters and comprehensible circumstances. Salvation, Christian love, the slow growth of light within a soul, sin horrific and sin forgiven, are just a few of the topics intrinsic to this tale. Other motifs include drug addiction, despicable habits, child care, bad and good priests, and a Christian's attitude in violent circumstances. Tahn makes a rollicking good morality tale for Christian readers and, if left where the unsuspecting non-Christian can get involved in the story, a wonderful witness for the unbeliever. -- Donna Eggett, Christian Book Previews.com

I never had read any books by L.A. Kelly before but i picked up this one and from the first page I was captivated. It's about Tahn, a man taken from the streets as a young child and raised to be a mercenary. His orders are to kidnap a woman named Netta whose husband he had peviously killed. I don't want to ruin the rest so i wont tell you but u definitely should read this. The only thing i didnt like was i wanted to know more about Netta and her family before she gets kidnapped but otherwise there are enough twists and turns to keep u reading til the end!

Terrific--I couldn't put it down. I loved every page of this book. My 13-year-old is now reading this book and is completely captivated.

Tahn kidnaps Lady Netta Trilett from her bedroom, but allows her to scream so that she awakens her family so that they will have a chance to save themselves because someone is going to torch the manor house. Tahn is supposed to take Lady Netta to his master Samis's fortress but he can't do that to a woman he cares about, a noble whose husband he killed. Netta fears him until he sneaks into Samis's stronghold and rescues the children that Saamis took off the streets so that he can train them to be assassins. She learns Samis took Tahn in as a child as he did many other children, made them fear him and then got them addicted to opium so they would not leave him. He raised a fearsome group of mercenaries who would kill for him. Baron Trent hired Samis's men to kill the Triletts because they were in the way of his being crowned king as they are widely beloved for their kindness and piety. Most of Netta's family died in the fire or were hunted down by the mercenaries. Tahn risks his life to keep the children and Netta safe; he knows Samis's thugs will eventually kill him, but for love it is worth it even if he believes it is unrequited. This historical romance is a fascinating work in which even the greatest sinner can be redeemed if he truly repents his misdeeds. Tahn is a tough warrior but also a shy and introverted man who always expects to be friendless and hated because he is an outsider. Netta's love warms his heart and he realizes that redemption and death are only a heartbeat away. L.A. Kelly writes a beautiful adult fairy tale with a deep moral message. Harriet Klausner