Blood and Oil: The Anointing of a King

The crown is still on Saul's head. But God has already chosen another king.When Samuel is sent to Bethlehem under the shadow of Saul's anger, he carries a horn of oil and a command he cannot fully explain. Jesse brings his sons before the prophet, but the one God has chosen is not even in the room.David is called in from the sheep, anointed before his family, and then sent back to ordinary life. But ordinary life will not last.A summons to Saul's court, a troubled king, tension within the house of Jesse, and a Philistine champion named Goliath begin drawing the young shepherd toward a future no one in Bethlehem is prepared to understand.Blood and Oil: The Anointing of a King is Book One of The House of Jesse, a five-book biblical fiction series following the rise of David and the cost carried by the family behind his name.Built around 1 Samuel 16 and 17, the novel keeps the biblical record as its foundation while imagining the private conversations, fears, family struggles, and moments Scripture does not record.The story of David begins not with a throne, but with a field, a horn of oil, and a household about to be changed forever.