The Persian Prince and The Man of God is an exciting and gripping story about two very different historical characters involved in empire building, miracles of God, historic battles, romances, and miraculous escapes; this book will take you there. The scene is one familiar today-Iraq, Iran, Turkey and Israel, only the timeframe is different, 600 B.C. and most countries had different names-Babylon, Medo-Persia, and Lydia.

Into this scene two babies were born. One was almost apawn in a power struggle, which nearly cost him his life; the other, raised a devout Jew trained to assist the king of Israel, was whisked away to pagan Babylon by king Nebuchadnezzar. This book tells the amazing and adventurous story of how each one climbed to the top while facing death defying obstacles.

Did these two remarkable contemporaries ever meet? History is unclear about this, but the book brings the story to a fascinating and memorable ending-showing how both were used to accomplish God’s will.

R. C. Balfour, III graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Georgia with a degree in Political Science. His business career was spent in land management and lumber manufacturing with a strong emphasis on environmental stewardship. He served the Diocese of Georgia as chairman of the Evangelism and Stewardship Commission, and was later elected deputy to the General Convention of the Episcopal Church. He served his community as a City Commissioner and later as Chairman of the Board of Archbold Medical Center. His first two books, In Search of the Aucillaand Fishing for the Abundant Life were published in 2002 and 2003. These were followed by He Turned the World Upside Down in 2007,Paul Speaks to Us Today in 2011, The Eagle Soars in 2012 and Adventures of the Patriarchs in 2013. He is married to the former Virginia French,and they are the proud parents of three boys and two girls andgrandparents of eight.