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When the Avalanche Roared -- with Giveaway

Lauralee Bliss • January 4, 2025
Help me welcome author Lauralee Bliss as she shares her latest release and generously offers a choice of of free ebook to one lucky winner.


About Lauralee:
Lauralee is an avid adventurer as well as an author of over thirty novels with When the Avalanche Roared being her 31st. When not writing she can be found on her favorite hiking trail, having logged over 12,000 hiking miles. Find out about all her adventures in books and hiking at https://lauraleebliss.com


A Peek Inside the Book:
Chapter 1
SEPTEMBER 1909 EVERETT, WASHINGTON

The hand shook in a voiceless plea for help. She strained, trying in vain to grasp the hand, reaching ever closer, nearly there. A cry rose up in her throat for heavenly grace and strength. Please, oh please. Help me reach. Just a little bit more. Oh God, I must help. Help me! Again came a rumble in her throat, the effort causing every part of her to cry out. “Help!”

“Lillian!”

Lillian Hartwick awoke with a start, the vision quickly disappearing into the realm of reality with the worried eyes of Mother standing over her. She drew herself to a sitting position. Only a moment ago she had lain back on the settee to think. “I must have fallen asleep.” She wiped her damp forehead with her hand. “What a terrible dream.”

“I heard you cry for help from the other room. Do you want to talk about it?”

Lillian shook her head, inhaled a deep breath….


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The Thief in the Night

Barbour Publishing has stepped into a new series called A Day to Remember that focuses on specific disasters in history. When the Avalanche Roared delves into a little known but significant tragedy deep in the heart of the Cascade Mountains of Washington State, when trains are swept off the rail tracks in a terrific avalanche one fateful night. The loss of ninety-three souls makes it the worst avalanche in US history. What makes it more difficult to grasp is how close the trains were to being rescued before the snows hit. The force of the tragedy where young and old perished in their sleep is a difficult story to relate when one balances sudden loss with faith and hope.

In these times the author must let go of preconceived notions and let God take control of the storytelling. The Bible itself is filled with tragedy and loss as well. But measured in the equation of eternal significance, the loss can be seen in a different way, and that is through the eyes of eternity. In this, everything changes. Our flesh changes, our spirits are set free from sin and death. There is no crying or sadness or despair. But the fact that we leave this earthly dwelling, measured in eternity by what we have built up here on earth (I Corinthians 3:12-14) makes it all the more urgent that we live for each day, not knowing when eternity will arrive and our lives here will come to an end.

As we begin a New Year, let us then evaluate priorities. Are we doing the best we can with the gifts God has given us? Are there relationships that could use some uplifting intervention on our part? Are there goals we should try to attain in the New Year while the time is now? Are there things we should do that mean more in the sense of eternity rather than the here and now?

A book such as When the Avalanche Roared obliges us to examine priorities. And makes us realize that like a thief in the night, one can be taken away. But by the grace of God, if we have another day to accomplish what God wants from our lives, then let us go forth in it and give it your all.

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