2014 National Indie Excellence Award Finalist. THE BATTLE BEGINS. The year is 1524. William Tyndale makes the fateful decision to produce an English Testament without Church permission. He knows that a vernacular scripture will free the common people from spiritual domination by a corrupt and ignorant clergy. If Tyndale is caught, he'll die at the stake. So will anyone found assisting him. Owen Alton, a London grocer's heir, catches Tyndale's vision. But if he helps Tyndale, he'll be disinherited and lose Jane Horne, the minor-knight's stepdaughter he loves. Jane has defied her family in her desire to wed Owen. If he now should leave her for Tyndale.... As if she didn't have enough troubles, Jane discovers the shocking secret behind her mother's ruby ring. THE RUBY RING is that happy moment when great novel meets detailed and rich historical research with full justice to both. For lovers of historical fiction, the richness with which the author brings you into the day-to-day world of Tudor England is sublime. Tom Lawson, Ph.D of Church History, Ozark Christian College Karen Rees exchanged her life as an Oklahoma farmer's daughter for SE Asian"big city" life when she and her second-generation missionary husband Benjamin began mission work in Hong Kong in 1975. Over the years they've worked with local Chinese, household servants imported from the Philippines, and Sri Lankan Tamil asylum seekers.As a result, she's eaten chicken's feet, baby octopus cooked in its own ink, barbecued pig's ear, and several other delicacies she chose not to ask about. Karen is the mother of two, grandmother of three, an avid reader, quilter,writer, lover of history, and a continual learner.