 First print paperback cover | |
| Author | Francine Rivers |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Tyndale House Publishers |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 520 pp |
| ISBN | 0-8423-7750-6 |
| OCLC | 27684136 |
| 813/.54 20 | |
| LC Class | PS3568.I83165 V65 1993 |
| Followed by | An Echo in the Darkness |
A Voice in the Wind (1993) is a novel by Francine Rivers, and the first book in the Mark of the Lion Series. [1] [2]
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