Kindle Price: $2.99

Save $5.00 (63%)

Promotions apply when you purchase

These promotions will be applied to this item:

Some promotions may be combined; others are not eligible to be combined with other offers. For details, please see the Terms & Conditions associated with these promotions.

Read with our free app
You've subscribed to ! We will preorder your items within 24 hours of when they become available. When new books are released, we'll charge your default payment method for the lowest price available during the pre-order period.
Update your device or payment method, cancel individual pre-orders or your subscription at
Your Memberships & Subscriptions

Buy for others

Give as a gift or purchase for a team or group.
Learn more

Buying and sending eBooks to others

  1. Select quantity
  2. Buy and send eBooks
  3. Recipients can read on any device

These ebooks can only be redeemed by recipients in the US. Redemption links and eBooks cannot be resold.
Kindle app logo image

Download the free Kindle app and start reading Kindle books instantly on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required.

Read instantly on your browser with Kindle for Web.

Using your mobile phone camera - scan the code below and download the Kindle app.

QR code to download the Kindle App

Amazon book clubs early access
Loading your book clubs
There was a problem loading your book clubs. Please try again.
Not in a club? Learn more
Amazon book clubs early access

Join or create book clubs

Choose books together

Track your books
Bring your club to Amazon Book Clubs, start a new book club and invite your friends to join, or find a club that’s right for you for free.
Explore Amazon Book Clubs

Follow the author

Brennan McPherson
Follow
Something went wrong. Please try your request again later.

The Hunter and the Valley of Death: A Parable of Surrender - Psalm 23 (The Psalm Series Book 1) Kindle Edition

by Brennan McPherson (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 167 ratings
See all formats and editions

Experience the psalms like never before - through heart-pounding fiction!

The Hunter and the Valley of Death is a profound meditation on life, death, loss, and love. Formatted as a fantasy parable based on Psalm 23, this story shows that there is only one who could kill Death, and because of him, and him alone, we say, "Oh, Death, where is your sting?"

A man who calls himself Hunter wakes up in the Valley of Death and realizes he's given up everything to attempt to kill Death so that he can bring his Love back to life - but when he fails, who will be there to rescue him?

Each book in The Psalm Series comes with an in-depth Bible study of the psalm the story is based on, and an explanation of the author's approach to the Scripture text. The Hunter and the Valley of Death comes with an additional, in-depth explanation of the story's symbolism.

This makes The Psalm Series a great addition to Bible study materials. Dive deep today into fictional stories that help you wrap your heart around the Bible's most beloved poems of praise!

Previous page
  1. Book 1 of 3
    The Psalm Series
  2. Print length
    85 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Sticky notes
    On Kindle Scribe
  5. Publication date
    July 2, 2018
  6. File size
    3054 KB
  7. Page Flip
    Enabled
  8. Word Wise
    Enabled
  9. Enhanced typesetting
    Enabled
  10. See all details
Next page
Add a debit or credit card to save time when you check out
Convenient and secure with 2 clicks. Add your card
All 3 for you in this series See full series
See included books
Total Price: $10.47
By clicking on above button, you agree to the Kindle Store Terms of Use
More like The Hunter and the Valley of Death: A Parable of Surrender - Psalm 23 (The Psalm Series Book 1)
Page 1 of 1Start overPage 1 of 1
Previous page
  3. Star of Persia: Esther's Story
    Kindle Edition
    $10.73
  7. Daughter of Rome
    Kindle Edition
    $11.11
  13. The Days of Elijah
    Kindle Edition
    $3.99
  15. Land of Silence
    Kindle Edition
    $9.99
  20. Bread of Angels
    Kindle Edition
    $12.99
  23. On the Mountain of the Lord
    Kindle Edition
    $9.99
Next page
Loading...

Product details

  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07BWNXJ33
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ McPherson Publishing (July 2, 2018)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ July 2, 2018
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 3054 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 85 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 167 ratings

About the author

Follow authors to get new release updates, plus improved recommendations.
Brennan McPherson

Brennan McPherson

Brief content visible, double tap to read full content.
Full content visible, double tap to read brief content.

Brennan McPherson writes imaginative biblical fiction with heart-pounding plots and lyrical prose for readers who like to think biblically and feel deeply. Find out more and subscribe to his free weekly Sabbath Selah devotional at brennanmcpherson.com.

Customer reviews

4.2 out of 5 stars
4.2 out of 5
167 global ratings

Top reviews from the United States

Paul B Priore
5.0 out of 5 stars ...another flat out good story by Brennan McPherson!
Reviewed in the United States on July 2, 2018
Verified Purchase
This is the 4th work I've read from this author. I like what Mr. McPherson’s writing does to me – how it makes me feel and how it makes me think. I love those feeling! By that I mean the feeling I get through the descriptive parts of the book that takes me right there in the story. Brennan McPherson really has a gift for doing this. And the characters – I feel like I’m inside each one of them. His way of writing like this makes that possible for me, and that’s important if I’m to enjoy and benefit from a book. He reaches within the fictional characters and makes them seem real. Using the 23rd Psalm for the basis of this work is genius.

This is one of the great thoughts Brennan brings us in the devotional part, after the story:

“We don’t have to dread God’s discipline. Rather, we can trust that it’s proof of his passionate love for us. That his refining work in our souls and spirits, which can feel so painful at times, is a good thing that brings about our holiness and deeper intimacy with him—so long as we surrender to it.”

The fantasy fiction work of “Hunter” prepares our hearts to sit up and take notice of thoughts like these. For me, this book made me hunger for the devotional thoughts because my heart had already been prepped - something like a garden is prepared for planting and growing. This is how lots of us (readers) are wired to work! I love the way these thoughts touch me deeply by the preparation of the fantasy fiction work of “Hunter.” People who read fiction (Christian fiction in particular,) are bound to be touched the same way. Besides all of this, it’s just another flat out good story by Brennan McPherson!
4 people found this helpful
Helpful
 Report
Kindle Customer
4.0 out of 5 stars Intriguing twist of Psalm 24
Reviewed in the United States on July 14, 2019
Verified Purchase
An allegorical tale lending clean to the Psalms provides different look I to the dealer mean I g of the scriptures.
Helpful
 Report
Matthew Morris
5.0 out of 5 stars Hunter & Valley of Death Pulls and Chills YOU!
Reviewed in the United States on July 3, 2018
Verified Purchase
Hunter & Valley of Death is sinply breathtaking. Laced with adrenaline, this story will have you on the edge of your seat for hours, if not days. HVD is one story you DO NOT want to put down this Summer. It is filled with suspense and passion which pulls at your heartstrings and chills you to the bones. Symbolism in Hunter & Valley of Death paints portraits which are more valuable than words can count. EVERY character will question the mind in EVERY aspect. Hunter & Valley of Death is THE Summer read of 2018.
4 people found this helpful
Helpful
 Report
Bryan Evans
3.0 out of 5 stars To each his/her own
Reviewed in the United States on March 22, 2019
Verified Purchase
I love Psalm 23, but the pace, voice and story, were not what i expected. For the money, still great value.
Helpful
 Report
RebeccaM
5.0 out of 5 stars An interesting devotional of Psalm 23, using a fantasy story for its setting.
Reviewed in the United States on July 2, 2018
Verified Purchase
Normally, I don't choose fantasies to read; but I gave it a chance, and quickly caught on to the story it told. A good insight on how King David understood traits of Our Lord, and His love for us!
One person found this helpful
Helpful
 Report
Ian Acheson
4.0 out of 5 stars Good Biblical fiction with a strong Gospel message but lacked the essence of the great Psalm.
Reviewed in the United States on July 10, 2018
I had a mixed experience reading this novella. It's a good lyrical piece of Biblical fiction with lots of symbolism and strong themes. It presents the gospel powerfully and the importance of surrender and dying to ourselves so we can gain more of God. It's difficult in a novella to develop characters very well and so this story was mostly thematic-based working many of the Gospel's key points in a story of good, evil and love.

However, I approached the story excited to see how McPherson presented Psalm 23 in a fictional account. BTW, I love the idea of this Psalm Series of novellas: creating fictional accounts of some of the Psalms. Psalm 23 is many people's favourite, one universally known even by non-believers, for it's beautiful and vivid imagery of Jesus as our shepherd as we journey through life. It's a Psalm of significant comfort, of praise of His goodness and one that fills all of us with hope and faith I believe. It's a special Psalm to use when starting one's day and/or time with the Lord.

Having now outlined some thoughts on the Psalm I headed into reading this novella with this background. And my struggle with the novella is that I didn't really find a lot of the essence of the great Psalm. So it wasn't as enjoyable a read simply because I was seeking that essence of the soothing intimacy of the Lord.

McPherson writes beautiful prose with vivid imagery which gives the reader a tremendous insider's view of his story. He puts us, the reader, into his story and we get to experience all of the sensory elements he describes so well.

But I feel he tried too hard and actually put too much of the Gospel into this one. The fact he has an appendix at the back explaining the symbolism in some ways reinforced this in my mind. And even in reading this appendix I questioned the way he connected his story to the Psalm even though there were specific references to individual verses.

It appears I'm an exception to the rule in terms of other reviewers and I would still encourage you to read this novella simply because it's a good story.

I'm excited to read the second in the series by Mesu Andrews.

My rating 3.5.
2 people found this helpful
Helpful
 Report
Jacquelyn Tschudy
5.0 out of 5 stars Short but Good
Reviewed in the United States on November 27, 2019
Verified Purchase
I really enjoyed this story. It is not a long novel, but it was worth the money.
Helpful
 Report
Way Outback
2.0 out of 5 stars Plods
Reviewed in the United States on December 13, 2018
Verified Purchase
Good premise, style preachy, plodding and obvious.
One person found this helpful
Helpful
 Report

Top reviews from other countries

Audrey Friesen
3.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful Allegory
Reviewed in Canada on August 5, 2018
Verified Purchase
This is an allegory based on the 23rd Psalm. At first I didn't quite get it even though I liked the beautiful imagery. Later on I began to catch on and the story is nicely explained at the end. I think if I reread it I would enjoy it more.
Report
Jenny Lowen
5.0 out of 5 stars So creative and symbolic
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 4, 2018
Verified Purchase
While reading this well-written book, my inner eyes and ears popped open, seeing how certain things still need changing in my own life. Love gives and sacrifices for us, with only the King being able to defeat death.
Such good lessons, written as a non-stop novel, learned while wondering if and how it will all work out.
One person found this helpful
 Report
Ian Acheson
4.0 out of 5 stars Good Biblical fiction with a strong Gospel message but lacked the essence of the great Psalm
Reviewed in Australia on July 10, 2018
Verified Purchase
I had a mixed experience reading this novella. It's a good lyrical piece of Biblical fiction with lots of symbolism and strong themes. It presents the gospel powerfully and the importance of surrender and dying to ourselves so we can gain more of God. It's difficult in a novella to develop characters very well and so this story was mostly thematic-based working many of the Gospel's key points in a story of good, evil and love.

However, I approached the story excited to see how McPherson presented Psalm 23 in a fictional account. BTW, I love the idea of this Psalm Series of novellas: creating fictional accounts of some of the Psalms. Psalm 23 is many people's favourite, one universally known even by non-believers, for it's beautiful and vivid imagery of Jesus as our shepherd as we journey through life. It's a Psalm of significant comfort, of praise of His goodness and one that fills all of us with hope and faith I believe. It's a special Psalm to use when starting one's day and/or time with the Lord.

Having now outlined some thoughts on the Psalm I headed into reading this novella with this background. And my struggle with the novella is that I didn't really find a lot of the essence of the great Psalm. So it wasn't as enjoyable a read simply because I was seeking that essence of the soothing intimacy of the Lord.

McPherson writes beautiful prose with vivid imagery which gives the reader a tremendous insider's view of his story. He puts us, the reader, into his story and we get to experience all of the sensory elements he describes so well.

But I feel he tried too hard and actually put too much of the Gospel into this one. The fact he has an appendix at the back explaining the symbolism in some ways reinforced this in my mind. And even in reading this appendix I questioned the way he connected his story to the Psalm even though there were specific references to individual verses.

It appears I'm an exception to the rule in terms of other reviewers and I would still encourage you to read this novella simply because it's a good story.

I'm excited to read the second in the series by Mesu Andrews.

My rating 3.5.
Report
Kindle Customer
4.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 25, 2019
Verified Purchase
A beautiful symbolic tale based on the 23 rd Psalm. Helpful insights into some symbolic representations at the end of the book.
One person found this helpful
 Report
Kindle Customer
2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointed
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 29, 2022
Verified Purchase
This wasn't what I was expecting and I just didn't like or connect with it. It's fine as a little stand alone story if you like fantasy(which I don't) but for me didn't relate at all to the psalm and seemed very muddled.
I wanted to be "David" learning to follow. His shepherd through his travels and rest etc
The additional study at the end is good but the story itself did not
Report
Report an issue

Does this item contain inappropriate content?
Report
Do you believe that this item violates a copyright?
Report
Does this item contain quality or formatting issues?
Report