Winner of the 2011 Readers Favorite Gold Award for Christian Historical Fiction!Max, Liz and the Epic Order of the Seven team of animal friends are given their most important mission to date--to help bring the promised Messiah into the world. Seven hundred years before the Nativity, they must protect the prophet Isaiah as he writes the crucial prophecies about the coming Messiah. They go with Daniel into the fiery furnace and the lions' den of Babylon where a secret scroll is hidden away for the wise men to someday discover. Finally they must stop the many evil plots to prevent Jesus' birth, assist Mary and Joseph in their arduous journey to Bethlehem, and aid their escape from the evil King Herod. Written principally for readers aged 8-12, in actuality this book is being enjoyed by fans aged 6-93 who have contacted the author with rave reviews.