As Sure as the Dawn

{{Short description|1995 novel by Francine Rivers}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}

{{Infobox book |

| name = As Sure as the Dawn

| image = Francine Rivers - As Sure as the Dawn.jpeg

| author = Francine Rivers

| country = United States

| language = English

| genre =

| publisher = Tyndale House Publishers

| media_type = Print

| pages = 488 pp

| isbn = 978-0842339766

| dewey= 813/.54 20

| congress= PS3568.I83165 V65 1993

| oclc= 27684136

| preceded_by = An Echo in the Darkness

}}

As Sure as the Dawn (1995) is a novel by Francine Rivers, and the third book in the Mark of the Lion Series.

The novel follows the life of Atretes after winning his freedom in the arena. This novel covers the search for his believed dead son, finding him with a widowed Christian woman, Rizpah, and their travels back to Atretes' homeland in Germania. Here a whole new world unfolds as Atretes is confronted with Christianity, loyalty, love, friendship, family and tradition.{{cite book| last = Rivers| first = Francine| title = As Sure as the Dawn| url = https://archive.org/details/assureasdawn00rive_1| url-access = registration| year = 1995| publisher = Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.| isbn = 978-0-8423-3976-6 }}{{cite web|title=As Sure As the Dawn - 1995 publication|website=Amazon |url=https://www.amazon.com/As-Sure-Dawn-1995-publication/dp/B003JGAD1S|accessdate=10 November 2013}}{{cite web|title=As Sure as the Dawn|url=http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/95621.As_Sure_as_the_Dawn|publisher=goodreads.com|accessdate=10 November 2013}}{{cite web|title=As Sure as the Dawn |url=http://www.squeakycleanreviews.com/review.cfm?review_id=1131 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110070956/http://www.squeakycleanreviews.com/review.cfm?review_id=1131 |url-status=dead |archive-date=10 November 2013 |publisher=squeakycleanreviews.com |accessdate=10 November 2013 }}{{cite web|title=As Sure as the Dawn (Mark of the Lion Series #3)|url=http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/as-sure-as-the-dawn-francine-rivers/1100319186|publisher=barnesandnoble.com|accessdate=10 November 2013}}