Immanuel's Veins

Immanuel's Veins is a Christian novel by Ted Dekker that was published in America on September 7, 2010.

[1] It follows the life, love, and death of Saint Thomas the Beast Hunter of Russia.

[2] In 1772, the Cantemir family is placed in the safe-keeping of Toma Nicolescu by Catherine the Great.

He soon falls in love with Lucine Cantemir, the daughter of the family he is sworn to protect.

Dekker defended his novel by saying it was no more sensual than the Song of Solomon in the Bible.