Ashes of Paradise

by Roger Elwood

Charity comes from a wealthy family whose attitude towards slavery differs greatly from that of their neighbors in South Carolina, and as the South threatens secession, Charity finds herself caught between her Christian faith and the pressure to conform

510 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1997

About the author

Roger Elwood was an American science fiction writer and editor, perhaps best known for having edited a large number of anthologies and collections for a variety of publishers in the early 1970s. Elwood was also the founding editor of Laser Books and, in more recent years, worked in the evangelical Christian market.

Reviews

[Valerie · Rating 1 out of 5]

I thought this book was going to be similar to Gone with the Wind, but it was not. I did not like it at all although I kept reading it thinking it would get better. It was set in the pre-Civil War era. I thought the characters were very unrealistic.