So Shines the Night by Tracey L. Higley is another "Seven Wonders of the World" novel. This novel center on the Temple of Artemis about 40 years after the Resurrection of Christ. It follows Daria, a woman scholar who stumbles on dark secrets and has to flee to Ephesus with sea-trader Lucas. In Ephesus she serves as Lucas' tutor, but even there the darkness she left behind follows; Lucas re-enters the world of shadows, secrets, and revenge he fled from. So Shines the Night focuses a lot on demons and witch-craft, it gives the thriller aspect of the book spooky edge. There is also the history/biblical side to this book. It is set in the time of the Ephesian church, and we meet Biblical characters such as Paul, Timothy, and Priscilla.
The book is well researched and ties together really well in the end.
