Murray Pura Books in Order

Mizzly Fitch survives the sea's destruction of his family and becomes a solitary lighthouse keeper in Nova Scotia. Torn between his mother's religious expectations and his own longing to fish, he struggles with grief, guilt, and faith.

Pura examines William Wilberforce's life through the religious convictions that shaped his actions. The study connects the abolitionist's public work with his spiritual development, considering the influences that helped turn Christian belief into sustained social commitment.

Pura reflects on biblical gardens and their connection to Christian spiritual growth. Gardens associated with Jesus' suffering and resurrection become starting points for considering prayer, renewal, and the ways believers understand God's work within their lives.

Trappist monk Andrew Chornavka wants to forget his family's wartime past. When Vatican representatives ask about his sister Zoya's possible sainthood, he reluctantly recalls experiences that clash with the miraculous story the Church hopes to hear.

The Chornavka family moves to Ukraine expecting a prosperous Communist society, only to face Stalin's repression. Unable to escape abroad, they struggle to survive before the German invasion scatters them and tests their bonds of love and faith.

Montana ranchers Charlotte Spence and Zephaniah Parker escort two orphaned Amish children toward relatives in Pennsylvania. Pursued by the gang whose massacre the children witnessed, they face a dangerous journey that also draws them into an unexpected romance.

Finding two escaped slaves in her family's barn puts Amish woman Lyndel Keim at odds with her community. As Nathaniel King joins the Union Army and Lyndel becomes a battlefield nurse, their convictions collide with Amish pacifism.

Amish aviator Jude Whetstone is pressured into military service during World War I and shunned by his community. Lyyndaya Kurtz's hopes of marrying him face the dangers of war, the influenza epidemic, and their families' religious objections.

Nine preacher brothers build a church and a home for widows in New Mexico Territory. As new romances develop around the construction, an overlooked enemy threatens the settlers' efforts to begin again and resist Ahab Hawthorne's gunmen.

An Amish girl leaves Pennsylvania with a suspected drug dealer, and police cannot force the adult woman to return. Her community sends two young people still on rumspringa to find her, beginning a dangerous journey sustained by faith.

War's devastation leaves Sarah uncertain whether her husband and brothers have survived. Facing Christmas amid loss and poverty, she tries to create a celebration at Seven Oaks that can also bring comfort to suffering neighbors.

Sarah and Malcolm finally plan a Valentine's Day wedding at Seven Oaks in 1863. With Stonewall Jackson giving away his niece and prominent Confederate officers attending, Sarah worries about preparing the plantation for hundreds of guests during wartime.

In New Mexico after the Civil War, cattle barons seek to clear the land for their herds. Nine preacher brothers and the women they love confront hired killers as the struggle over their community reaches its final confrontation.

Naomi's husband Micah returns from Afghanistan, where he served as a military medic. Still shunned by their Amish community and unwilling to renounce his service, he faces a painful struggle to rebuild their marriage as Christmas approaches.

In 1916, the Danforth family and their servants face war and changing relationships at their Lancashire estate. While three sons serve in uniform, Lady Elizabeth's friendship with the cook introduces her to a different form of Christian worship.

The Danforths gather at Dover for Lord Preston's sixtieth birthday in 1924. Widowhood, illness, new family members, and political ambitions reshape their lives as Europe faces emerging threats and Lord Preston develops a friendship with Winston Churchill.

Following an Apache raid, Sheriff Teddy Westcott questions Marianne Freeman about Ahab Hawthorne's murder. Repeated double-crosses leave the widows and preacher brothers uncertain whom to trust, just as another danger begins gathering on the desert horizon.

As fighting spreads through the Shenandoah Valley in 1862, Sarah's growing love for a cavalry officer brings thoughts of marriage. Visits from Stonewall Jackson and Jeb Stuart sharpen her fears for the young man's safety and her own future.

Raised by a community that knows little of his origins, Hawk remains a mystery even to those closest to him. When his prayer receives an answer, dark forces discover him and try to prevent him from fulfilling his destiny.

Pura combines accounts of outdoor adventures with reflections on Christian faith. Encounters with animals, wildfires, and dangerous rapids become occasions to consider courage, creation, and spiritual lessons drawn from the risks and surprises of wilderness life.

Newly married Sarah brings happiness to Seven Oaks, but spring 1863 sends her cavalry-officer husband back into the Civil War. Left behind, she prays for Malcolm and her uncle Stonewall Jackson as fighting resumes across Virginia.

A struggling New Mexico town faces the loss of its church and a cattle baron's determination to drive everyone away. A discouraged preacher and five vulnerable widows must find a way to resist his plans for their land.

Using personal stories and biblical symbolism, Pura considers five gardens in Scripture, including Eden, En Gedi, and Gethsemane. He connects their themes of innocence, love, suffering, and resurrection with the spiritual experiences of contemporary Christians.

Sarah's coming-of-age ball brings an unexpected reunion with childhood friend Malcolm Ross, whom she once dismissed. Their renewed attraction is interrupted by the Civil War, which calls Malcolm and the men of her family away from Seven Oaks.

Pura explores water's physical and symbolic roles in Scripture, from the Red Sea to Jesus' ministry. Personal anecdotes accompany reflections on how these biblical waters illuminate obstacles, suffering, and renewal in a contemporary Christian's spiritual life.

Young Kitt Burns cannot understand why her father must leave their country to fight in America's Civil War. Staying with relatives, she clings to his promise of return as mounting casualties make that assurance increasingly difficult to believe.

As the preacher brothers begin building in New Mexico, a mysterious woman arrives and loyalties shift among the sheriff's deputies. Australian widow Noelle takes the initiative in pursuing romance, setting further changes in motion around the settlement.

An Apache assault traps settlers, widows, clergymen, and rival gunmen inside the Lazarus church. Forced to cooperate against the siege, former enemies confront their shared vulnerability while long-hidden romantic feelings surface amid the danger.

After supernatural conflict at sea, Hawk, Skaytha, and their companions reach a strange land. Unfamiliar animals and pursuing hunters threaten them as their quest advances, while growing distance between Hawk and Skaytha complicates the journey.

Severely wounded in the Civil War, Mitchell Davis returns to the wife he has not seen since 1861. Facing the possibility of imminent death, he prays for one more day with Charity and a chance to share their love.

Sarah Nunley grows up cherishing her uncle Thomas's biblical stories and walks through the Virginia woods. When war transforms him into General Stonewall Jackson, she tries to preserve Seven Oaks as a refuge amid the conflict surrounding her.

In colonial Pennsylvania, Amish woman Rose Lantz defends a friend accused of witchcraft. Her outspoken support brings accusations against Rose herself, leaving her to face a trial as family, friends, and her fiance withdraw their trust.

A force of outlaws known as the Five Hundred approaches a threatened New Mexico settlement. With few weapons or bullets remaining, the nine preacher brothers, widows, and homesteaders rely on one another and their faith to resist.

Suddenly responsible for Seven Oaks, Sarah Nunley depends on soldier Malcolm Ross while struggling with her attraction to him. A violent storm confines them together, creating an opportunity for intimacy while exposing them to a danger beyond their control.

Widow Marianne Freeman finds friendship with two survivors of a wagon-train attack and unexpected attraction to a gentle stranger. But cattle baron Ahab Hawthorne's threats leave her uncertain which newcomers will stand beside her against him.

Six-year-old Liza has grown up enslaved at a Louisiana plantation, treated as the planter's daughter's plaything. In 1862, changing tensions around slavery draw her into a campaign challenging the importance society assigns to skin color.

In 1941, Jude and Lyyndaya travel to Honolulu with their adult daughter Rebecca, an aviator like her father. Her friendship with a young pilot begins turning romantic as the approaching attack on Pearl Harbor threatens their lives.

Thomas Jefferson struggles with the removal of his antislavery clause from the Declaration of Independence as British troops gather in New York. His doubts about signing expose the fragile unity of a nation preparing to fight for survival.

Royal Navy lieutenant Eastern Shepherd seeks adventure aboard HMS Armageddon as pirates threaten colonial waters off North America. Fighting the notorious Black Judas puts his life at risk, while thoughts of merchant's daughter Serenity Greene complicate his ambitions.

Hawk, Skaytha, and her three guardians continue their quest across distant lands. Beyond supernatural enemies, a trackless desert threatens them with heat, sandstorms, and thirst, putting their journey to free humanity at risk of ending in exhaustion.

A burned body discovered near Diamondback leads Sheriff Youngblood to seek help from local ministers. Pastor Jude Aaron Blackstone links the killing to European occult celebrations, turning the investigation into a spiritual conflict that reaches across continents.

Hawk, Skaytha, and their companions face fallen angels in an unfamiliar world. As Hawk discovers fiery spiritual powers, his love for Skaytha becomes intertwined with a quest to resist the darkness threatening humanity’s survival and faith.

Hawk and Skaytha reach Jerusalem in their search for the True Cross. A troubling dream warns Hawk of a knight who threatens Skaytha, and armed figures blocking their path make the vision difficult to dismiss.

Lord Preston gathers the Danforth family in London as the late 1930s draw toward war. With access to government secrets, he struggles to conceal his fears of invasion while his reunited family enjoys its homecoming.

Sarah Nunley treasures her uncle Thomas and the peaceful Virginia plantation where she grew up. When the Civil War makes him famous as Stonewall Jackson, family affection and Christian faith confront the violence surrounding their home.

Hawk and Galahad ride a black dragon through the clouds as their saga reaches its final chapter. Their reunion as brothers brings wonder and danger, while Hawk discovers how uncomfortable living inside a legend can be.

Montana pastor Jude Blackstone enjoys a growing romance with Sierra Bloom after leaving undercover work behind. The arrival of a neo-Nazi group with satanic connections forces him to confront a dark influence spreading through his community.

Pastor Jude Blackstone faces an FBI investigation, romantic troubles, and an uneasy relationship with the new sheriff. A visiting preacher’s apocalyptic predictions begin coming true, forcing Jude to question the supernatural power behind his teachings.

Former special agent Jude Blackstone has reinvented himself as a Montana pastor. When local Christian ministers are murdered in inexplicable circumstances, he must draw on his old investigative skills to confront a killer targeting him next.

A struggling New Mexico town faces a ruthless cattle baron intent on driving its residents away. Five vulnerable widows and a faltering church stand amid the conflict as faith, community, and emerging romances offer reasons to resist.

Thomas Jefferson struggles with revisions to his draft of the Declaration of Independence. Through his perspective, this historical story explores the disagreements and compromises surrounding the document’s creation and the Continental Congress’s effort to define a new nation.

A man's marriage is overwhelmed by his wife's debilitating depression, leaving him desperate to save her. Returning to a faith he abandoned, he asks God to make her suffering a beast he can confront in battle.

Pursuing fugitive Ty Brewer, Grayden St. Cyr escapes an ambush with cowgirl Keegan Rivers. Her assistance puts her family in danger, forcing Grayden to confront a kill team while trying to keep his investigation alive.

Hawk and Skaytha prepare for their wedding at Camelot, but ominous visions interrupt the peace. As war approaches, Hawk and his twin brother Galahad embark on a search for the cup used at Christ’s Last Supper.

Former US marshal Grayden St. Cyr expects dangerous assignments as a freelance fugitive hunter. Ordered to pursue the man who once saved his life, he discovers that powerful people want both hunter and quarry dead.

Grayden St. Cyr and Ty Brewer flee agents who regard them as traitors and assassins determined to silence them. Their survival depends on exposing a government conspiracy before planned attacks can devastate the United States.

Andrew Chornavka and his family struggle through war across Europe and North America. Military conflict intersects with love, betrayal, and sacrifice, leaving the siblings searching for hope and meaning while fighting to preserve their lives and faith.

This poetry collection follows a man’s experience of military conflict in Ukraine through images of people, landscapes, and damaged homes. The poems explore love, grief, faith, and hope amid the disruption and destruction of war.

Kirsten longs to join an Amish community, but the bishop questions her military family background and relationship with soldier Brandon. Meeting Amish blacksmith Joshua complicates her romantic choices and the future she hopes to build.

Yura seeks healing after a childhood shaped by abuse, illness, and his mother’s breakdown. A promising relationship with Zoryana offers new possibilities, until a family secret and revolution in Kyiv threaten the life he is building.

Engaged Amish couple David Lapp and Tabitha Reimer envision a future beyond their Pennsylvania home. As their community moves toward ranching in Montana, Tabitha encounters the mountains of her dreams and the challenges of a new way of life.

Bud Parmalee, Johnny Strange, and Billy Martens enlist as Marines despite being raised to reject fighting. Their experiences of combat test friendship, conscience, and faith as they confront the human cost of serving together in war.

Five centuries after Christ’s birth, a young man named Hawk leaves an island where Christianity still survives. His quest for spiritual truth brings him against forces of darkness and threatens the love, life, and faith he cherishes.

Reverend Jude Blackstone recognizes supernatural evil beneath the appearances of ordinary life. Preaching by day and fighting with earthly and spiritual weapons by night, he confronts occult forces that many people refuse to believe exist.

Montana ranchers Charlotte Spence and Zephaniah Parker escort two Amish children to Pennsylvania after the children witness their family’s massacre. Outlaws pursue them across the West while growing affection and Charlotte’s secret complicate their dangerous journey.

Three friends return from the Pacific war and build families while struggling with its lasting damage. Spanning 1945 to 1968, these interconnected stories follow love, faith and parenthood as another generation faces the possibility of military service.

Marines Bud, Billy, and Johnny seek respite after Guadalcanal, but the Pacific war soon draws them into further island battles. Fighting at Tarawa and Saipan tests their endurance and the hope of eventually returning home.