Hundreds of years before the Reformation, a secret faith burned in the shadows of the Alps.
In 1458, the world is on the brink of seismic change. While the Renaissance stirs in the cities, a hidden remnant in the Piedmont valleys clings to a faith more ancient and pure than Rome allows.
Follow Andreas de Bonomo’s evolution from a banished monk into a man forced to choose between his heritage and a truth that could reshape history. From the infiltration of hidden mountain villages to the scholarly circles of Florence and the dangerous rise of apocalyptic cults, the Witnesses of the Light trilogy is a sweeping tale of redemption, sacrifice, and the power of God’s Word.
The Outcast of Chivasso
A Novella of the Waldensians (Witnesses of the Light #0.5)
His enemies want him to flee. One little girl needs him to stay.
Raimond Durand is used to the persecution that comes with spreading the gospel across Italy’s Piedmont. But when a snowstorm forces him to seek shelter, he stumbles into the village of Chivasso and meets a little girl named Elionor. A girl the same age his own daughter would have been.
Cast out by her greedy aunt, Elionor has made her home in a barn. When Raimond discovers the fate awaiting her, his heart won’t let him walk away. But Elionor’s aunt and the village of Chivasso make no secret of their proudest moment: they killed the last preacher who came to town.
Heretics of Piedmont
A Novel of the Waldensians (Witnesses of the Light #1)
A monk banished for sins he didn’t commit. A secret mission that could redeem him—or condemn him utterly.
In 1458 Piedmont, novice monk Andreas de Bonomo’s promising future shatters when false accusations exile him from his Benedictine order. His abbot, aware of the injustice, offers a clandestine path to absolution: infiltrate a burgeoning heretical sect in the rugged Alpine valleys.
Armed with his wits and language skills, Andreas arrives as a traveling scribe, offering to chronicle the history of the mountain folk. Yet, as he delves deeper into the lives of the Vallenses—a community committed to the Bible—he finds not fire-breathing devils, but a people of unwavering faith and conviction, whose understanding of scripture challenges everything he’s ever known.
The Lord of Luserna
A Novel of the Waldensians (Witnesses of the Light #2)
One book could change the world—or cost them everything.
It’s 1459, and former monk Andreas de Bonomo has found his place among the Vallense Christians of the Angrogna Valley. He’s preparing for life as a preacher—and life with Constanza Pavarin.
But when he learns of an ancient New Testament manuscript rescued from Constantinople, he can’t ignore the opportunity to make God’s Word available to all.
Now Andreas faces an unknown enemy who wants the Vallenses and their Bible crushed forever. How far will Andreas and Constanza go to protect the Word of God? And how far will the mysterious Lord of Luserna go to stop them?
Prince of Savoy
A Novel of the Waldensians (Witnesses of the Light #3)
One man fights for his family against the darkest of evils.
It’s 1460, and newlyweds Andreas and Constanza settle into their home among the Vallense Christians of Italy’s Piedmont. Navigating the challenges of a growing family, Andreas wonders when—and if—he can serve God as an itinerant preacher. When his church asks him to investigate a strange new sect, he quickly accepts the task.
Then Constanza and their adopted children are seized by the very sect he’s investigating: an apocalyptic cult and its fanatical leader, the Prophet.