In His Majesty's Secret Service

Jim, Nick, and Kirsten have always had a heart for their fellow believers behind the Iron Curtain.
It's one thing to pray for their brothers and sisters in Romania, though, and another thing entirely to
face hostile border guards with illegal Bibles hidden in their van. Only God can blind the eyes of those
searching the vehicle so the three of them will be allowed to pass through safely.

Someone in the underground Romanian church is an informer, and the three Bible smugglers want to know
who. The brutal dictatorship of Nicolae Ceaușescu, the watching eyes of the secret police, and a personal
vendetta being carried out by a colonel with a forty-year grudge have put them and all the believers in
danger. As rumors of revolution swirl around them, Jim, Nick, and Kirsten face an impossible dilemma. If
they can't trust those who call themselves Christians, who can they trust?

Patrick Bell was a Bible Smuggler into Communist Eastern Europe from 1988 to 1990. His purposeful and extensive research in Romania, along with a deep appreciation for the hard issues that the Romanian believers faced, breathe life and authenticity into the story. "When you hear gunfire outside your hotel and there are bullet holes in the window and blood on the carpet, you know you're in the thick of it." Patrick has his Master's degree in Intercultural Studies from Wheaton College Graduate School and his MBA in International Business from Regent University School of Global Leadership & Entrepreneurship. His continued goal is to enlighten the Western church to the realities of persecuted believers around the world.