A new Christmas classic --

It is the greatest story.
It is the greatest love.
It is the greatest night.

It is THE GREATEST NOEL.

In this novella, RAVEN EASTON has vividly reimagined the day and night of the birth of Jesus Christ. The events unfold through the story of Sandar the Builder, a prominent citizen of Nazareth, who yearns for a destiny that frees him from the hard brown land of Israel. Yet while Sandar dreams of release from the shackles of the world, he is also drawn to seek a lifelong love like any other man.

His journey to Jerusalem takes a dramatic turn when he must protect a poor couple he encounters on the road. They insist that they must reach Bethlehem that very night, before the woman -- an enigmatic and strangely wise girl named Mary -- gives birth to her first child.

THE GREATEST NOEL tells the whirlwind story of that first Christmas:

• You will be greeting all the familiar Christmas characters, not as barely-sketched figures on a greeting card, but as fully-human actors caught up in a dramatic storm of miracles swirling around the birth of the Christ child.

• You will be rooting for Sandar in his pursuit of the difficult but brilliant and beautiful Susannah.

• You will relive the terror and triumph of Jesus's first hours among us.

• You will be looking over Sandar's shoulder as his encounter with the infant Jesus opens his road to victory over the bonds of the earth and his embrace of an unexpected and glorious destiny.

• And you will not be ready for the surprise RAVEN EASTON has in store for you as THE GREATEST NOEL reaches its miraculous conclusion.

The entire Christmas story is here, as you have always loved it in Matthew and Luke. But you have never heard it told with the warmth, excitement, and humanity of THE GREATEST NOEL.

RAVEN EASTON is the author of WINDY CITY WILD! and IT STARTED LIKE THIS.