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Book Review of Refiner's Fire

Refiner's Fire
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Alexander Wainwright is the ambitious new U.S. ambassador to Romania. Yuri Deyneko is the Romanian army officer-and clandestine Christian-sent to spy on him. Both know their assignments. What they don't know-though Yuri suspects-is that each is the other's long-lost fraternal twin.

Set amidst the brutal reign of Nicolae Ceausescu in the 1980s Bucharest, Refiner's Fire is an extraordinary story of secrets, suspense, persecution, and faith. When the threat of imprisonment and torture lurks around every corner-especially for members of the Underground church-no one can be trusted. Yet two brothers on opposite sides of the Iron Curtain must learn together how to discover their destinies- and each other.