title: Safely Through the Storm: 120 Reflections on Hope
author:  Debra Herbeck 
description: <DIV>DEBRA HERBECK works extensively in youth and women&#8217;s ministries and is the producer for the weekly Catholic television program <I>The Choices We Face</I>. She is the newsletter editor for Renewal Ministries and co-author, with her husband, Peter, of <I>When the Spirit Speaks, Touched by God&#8217;s Word</I> (Servant Books). The Herbecks live in Ann Arbor, Michigan and are the parents of four children.</DIV>
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  ![The Storm](images/the-storm-irin-chronicles-6---ebook.jpg)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  _On the darkest night of winter, can he bring light to her wounded heart?_
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  THE STORM
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Scarred by loss, Irina warrior Renata has held the world at a distance.
  Fighting the Grigori and protecting humanity are her goals, but her heart
  remains frozen to the bonds of family and love. Only one scribe, Maxim of
  Riga, has managed to see through Renata’s armor.
  
  
  On the darkest night of winter, in the halls of her ancestral home, Renata is
  forced to face her past. Can a fierce storm and a stubborn scribe coax her
  back to life, or will she retreat into duty forever?
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  _with bonus novella_ SONG FOR THE DYING
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  When a letter arrives from a remote scribe house in Latvia, Leo and Max must
  return to their childhood home to face the father and grandfather who raised
  them.
  
  
  The past is inescapable, but can it be overcome? Is it possible to build a
  future of happiness from a fou