Review: Vessel Of Strength by Elena Tucker.

This is the second book in the Time Pieces Trilogy. I did read the first book but after reading this book I think they could be read individually. The Main theme is Archaeology expeditions in Israel and religion, spirituality and history in the midst throughout the book. Tucker’s writing skills are great and her characters are strong and hold their own individuality which makes the story more interesting.

Laden is Jewish and is considered a first century craftsman and is an expert specialist in exotic Roman marble. He has a wife who is seven months pregnant and a two year old boy he adores. His family lives with him in the area of the archaeology site but his wife wants to live in an urban area among other people. He always felt bad when he went to the site because his wife was unhappy. Then one day his world fell apart ….

There was also an archaeologist, Lem Fort working at the same site who was haunted by the loss of his infant daughter and his girlfriend who was also a few months pregnant worked beside him and lived at the site with him in a tent. Lem was struggling with emotions, life itself just felt incomplete. Yet the days in his life was fulfilled as he was excavating three sites handling every coin, vessel, and shard as his last connection with some long forgotten artifacts as pieces of time.

Throughout the story the author created a spiritual aura around these two men. Ladan eventually found his own destiny in life in an unexpected place. Lem Fort also came to terms with his future as an accomplished archaeologist when this expedition was completed…. ( )