Tuesday, May 06, 2008

• The Circle Trilogy by Ted Dekker

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  I just finished the following trilogy last night.

  

  I have to admit, when I first started reading "Black" I had a difficult time getting into it.  It took me a couple of chapters to get hooked.  But once I was, I was reeled in.

  This trilogy is about a man named Thomas Hunter, who quickly discovers that by some act of God, he is living in two realities.  When he falls asleep in one, he wakes up in the other.  One reality is Earth in the future, when the population has been wiped out and God has started from the beginning.  It parallels our Judeo-Christian heritage. 

  The other reality is Earth now... when a terrorist is releasing a virus that will wipe out the entirety of the world's population in a span of three weeks... and only Thomas can stop it.

  Thomas becomes a leader in both realities, and it's up to him to discover the love of Christ (Justin in the later Earth) and use that to save both worlds from total destruction.

  It's compelling.  It's provocative.  It's a true page turner.

  I couldn't put it down.  Seriously, once I was hooked, I was hooked.  I had to buy the other two books and it bugged me when I couldn't just pick up my next book and continue on.  I'm really grateful I started these after all three were published, so I didn't have to wait months on end.  And I finished the book in tears.  Books don't normally do that to me...

  If you like Christian suspense at all... or even suspense or fantasy novels, pick up these books!  Trust me on this one... you won't be able to put them down!  Dekker has written a couple of other series of books which intertwine with the Circle Trilogy.  All in all, all ten books he's written about this time period are called "The History Chronicles."  I can't wait to start on his next one!

  Be blessed!

   

   

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