Reviews for Storm Series

What people are saying about the books:

“A sweeping tale of love and loss, Calm Before the Storm carries the reader to other times and places; international intrigue at its best.” – Anne de Graaf, winner of the Christy Award 2000 for International Historical Fiction and author of over eighty books

Eye of the Storm is a finely crafted novel about a very tumultuous time in human history. Janice adds feeling and emotion as she writes the story of Paul and Johann and Katarina. Not only did I learn a lot, but I enjoyed the journey.” – Linda Hall, author of Steal Away and Chat Room


“With the publication of this third novel, Out of the Storm, Janice Dick has completed her moving and stimulating trilogy. Dick confronts, in a finely nuanced fashion, the dilemma many Mennonites felt about leaving the emerging Soviet state and starting life in Canada, the country that was to become for them the true Promised Land.” – Richard A. Rempel, professor of history, McMaster University

“Janice Dick tells an intricate tale of persecution, courage, and passion in Out of the Storm. Lovers of historical fiction will delve deep into this story and not want to give it up until the final page is turned.” – Janelle Clare Schneider, author

“Janice Dick, having become thoroughly familiar with the calamitous events featured in Out of the Storm, weaves a story of failure and faith in adversity.” – Hugo Jantz, missionary and preacher

“Janice’s books are carefully researched and reflect a conscientious attention to the details of history…but they are anything but dry history; her characters come alive in the reader’s imagination. These absorbing stories have given us a new appreciation for a people that have refused to be molded to the world’s standards.” – Martin and Janice Whitbread, Living Books, Inc.

“Janice Dick weaves together historical research on the Russian Revolution with characters of her own creation, which remain true to the milieu of that era…I was caught up in the drama of family members with disparate personalities, each searching to fulfill a need.” – Shirley Bustos; educator, composer, writer

“Both a work of historic fact and romantic fiction, Calm Before the Storm weaves a colorful tapestry of suspense, sustained interest and historical actualities. The story flows effortlessly and reveals the depth of Dick’s research.” – Barbara Brennan, writer and editor