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About the Book
Book: Light of Mine
Author: Allen Brokken
Narrator: Stacey Bradshaw
Genre: Middle grade Christian Fantasy
Release date: November 10, 2021
Darkness is spreading through Zoura. Beyond the borders of the heathlands, innocent animals are being turned into monsters, and good men into pawns of the Dark One. Father has vanished after joining the Mighty Mercenaries and mother has gone missing in search of him.
Alone on the farm, twelve-year-old Lauren and her brave little brothers, Aiden(9) and Ethan(5), must guard the Tower of Light that will guide both parents home. But when a hooded stranger is caught trespassing the farm, and a new bishop claims the church, confusion pervades their close-knit community. Will the children be able to recognize who is a threat to the Tower and who is there to help them protect it?
With little else but the aid of a trio of blessed pets, three holy weapons, and their growing faith, Lauren, Aiden, and Ethan find it is up to them to stop the agents of The Dark One from putting out the Light and dooming the heathlands to Darkness.
Light of Mine, Book 1 of the Towers of Light Series is definitely a read that older elementary/preteens will enjoy. We listened to it on a road trip, and my children really enjoyed it! It kept them interested, and they had several gasps and giggles while listening. They wanted to continue listening to the audiobook after our road trip, so it caught their attention. The narrator was great and really brought the book to life! We highly recommend this audio book, and it’s the perfect listen on your next family road-trip this summer!!
I was given a copy of this audiobook by Celebrate Lit. No monetary compensation was received. All opinions are my own.
About the Author
Allen Brokken is a teacher at heart, a husband and father most of all. He’s a joyful writer by the abundant grace of God. He began writing the Towers of Light series for his own children to help him illustrate the deep truths of the Bible in an engaging and age appropriate way. He’s dedicated 15 years of his life to volunteer roles in children’s ministry and youth development. Now that his own children are off to college he’s telling stories and sharing clean humor on social media @allenbrokkenauthor, and through his blog https://www.allenbrokkenauthor.com.
More from Allen
When my kids were young there was really nothing better than getting out of my car at the end of a long day at work and having my three little kiddos run up to me and give hugs because Daddy’s Home! As a Father of three young children I was very concerned about the direction society was taking. I wasn’t sure that with how things were going that I had the knowledge or the skill to train them up in the way they should go, as the Bible directs.
Then in 2008 I took a new job that had me traveling four days a week. It was one of the hardest times of my life, the stress of a high pressure job, the loneliness of being on the road, and uncertainty of being a young parent really brought me to the end of myself. However, all of the travel gave me a lot of time to study the scriptures and learn from the writing of great bible teachers.
It was during this time that I began to write stories for my children. At first I brought my children’s stuffed animals to life for silly adventures. But then one day while we were putting together a play fort in our back yard I saw a sunrise pattern in the wood in the top of the tower. I thought:
“What if there was a Tower of Light shining God’s goodness over the children and their animals?”
“What if the children experienced the indwelling of the holy spirit in a real way like Sampson or David?”
“What if the full armor of God was physical armor they could use to defeat the darkness?”
As I shared my story with my children, they loved it.
4 thoughts on “Light of Mine Audiobook + Giveaway”
I’m so pleased to hear your children enjoyed Light of Mine. I wanted to let them know they can meet Stacey Bradshaw the voice of Light of Mine at the rest of the Creative Team on May 26th at 7:00 central as we hold the launch party for book 2 Still Small Voice. https://fb.me/e/4mRKBValL Allen Brokken recently posted…Summer Reading Giveaways!
Allen, I enjoyed following the tour and learning about Light of Mine audiobook, which sounds like a wonderful book to share with my grandkids and I love the cover! Good luck with your audiobook and I hope the tour was a success! Thanks for sharing it with me! Thanks, Cats in the Cradle Blog, for sharing your thoughts! Have a sunshiny day!
Thank you for sharing your thoughts on the Light of Mine audiobook, this sounds like a wonderful story and I am looking forward to listening to it with my grandchildren
I’m so pleased to hear your children enjoyed Light of Mine. I wanted to let them know they can meet Stacey Bradshaw the voice of Light of Mine at the rest of the Creative Team on May 26th at 7:00 central as we hold the launch party for book 2 Still Small Voice. https://fb.me/e/4mRKBValL
Allen Brokken recently posted…Summer Reading Giveaways!
Allen, I enjoyed following the tour and learning about Light of Mine audiobook, which sounds like a wonderful book to share with my grandkids and I love the cover! Good luck with your audiobook and I hope the tour was a success! Thanks for sharing it with me! Thanks, Cats in the Cradle Blog, for sharing your thoughts! Have a sunshiny day!
This sounds really good!
Thank you for sharing your thoughts on the Light of Mine audiobook, this sounds like a wonderful story and I am looking forward to listening to it with my grandchildren