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Obsessed

Ted Dekker

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Total reviews: 109 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

Perfection 5 out of 5 stars.
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This was my first jump into Dekkers novels. And I have to say...I was blown away. The story flowed so well that I couldnt put it down...I finished it in two and a half days!

The spiritual meaning that I came away from it with was...when you are obsessed, and learn to control it, it can be a good thing.

The women in the POW camp, you truly feel their fear. At one point while sitting in a hummer on patrol I started tearing up...got some funny looks that day. He truly draws you into the story. I will buy everything Dekker has to offer now!

Editorial Review:

A deadly tale of ultimate obsession.

Stephen Friedman is making a good living in good times. He's just an ordinary guy. Or so he thinks. But one day an extraordinary piece of information tells him differently. It's a clue from the grave of a Holocaust survivor. A clue that makes him heir to an incredible fortune...a clue that only he and one other man can possibly understand. That man is Roth Braun, a serial killer who has been waiting for Stephen for thirty years. Roth was stopped once before. This time nothing will get in his way.

Known worldwide for page-turning, adrenaline-laced thrillers, Dekker raises the stakes in this story of passion, revenge, and an all-consuming obsession for the ultimate treasure.

A Man Called Blessed

Ted Dekker, Bill Bright

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Total reviews: 19 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

A 5-Star Author 5 out of 5 stars.
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I can see why Ted Dekker can be considered the next big thing in Christian fiction! He has a captivating way of writing, with a carefully thought-out plot. Some books have too much fluff and move too slowly. Ted Dekker's talented story moves at an easy, although exciting pace. He used enough military and political jargon to give it depth and reality. There was a good amount of "spiritual talk" but he (and Bill Bright) says it with a new twist, showing God's presence in our hearts instead of in an artifact, such as the Ark of the Convenant.

What can draw a beautiful assassin and a peaceful man of God together? What one thing can first make a person confused and sorrowful, and next, bring relief and joy? How can a newly discovered relic such as the Ark of the Covenant NOT bring a major war? Read this novel to find out!

While the ending moves too fast for my taste, I did like how there was closure with the Ark. I kept wondering how it could possibly end. But I thought the ending was true to the story and the characters.

I definitely recommend this book to anyone who likes to read Christian fiction. And I would expand that audience to those interested in archaeology. It's a modern story with a historical twist.

Editorial Review:

In this explosive sequel to the CBA best-seller Blessed Child, the Zionists send their best operative, Rebecca Solomon, into Ethiopia to seize the one man who can lead them to the Ark of the Covenant. His name is Caleb. But Caleb, now 24, is on a mission of his own -- searching to rediscover the simple faith of his youth.

The key to Caleb's heart is the very woman in pursuit of him, but he may never get the chance to know her. Having learned of her mission and terrified that the Jews might actually discover the Ark, the Palestinians send in their own assassin to eliminate Rebecca.

Will Caleb regain his childlike faith and save Rebecca and the love for which he longs, or will he inadvertently plunge the Middle East into war?

 

Blessed Child

Ted Dekker, Bill Bright

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Total reviews: 57 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Ted Dekker Keeps Me Up at Night 5 out of 5 stars.
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I love reading Christian fiction and there are some great novelists out there, some of whom are my good friends. I especially enjoy Ted Dekker who is a nonstop adrenalin rush. I imagine a day with Ted is like a season of 24.

I finally got around to reading The Blessed Child mainly because all of my friends and coworkers kept putting it on my desk and telling me I needed to read it. They were right. What a thrill ride.

I usually don't enjoy anything fantasy or sci-fi, but Ted does this genre so well that I think he transcends it. He uses fiction as a sort of challenge to the church and to ask "what-if" questions. In this one, he uses a little boy from an obscure monastery in Eithiopia to challenge America, especially American Christians, to "walk in the kingdom." This boy is gifted with rare God-given abilities to heal people and yet his mesage is greater, that you and I can live everday in the Spirit, we can tap into God's awesome power and see His fingerprint on the everday grit of our lives.

I have to admit that this book made me uncomfortable in the sense that it challenged how I think of God. Too often I limit God. I shrink Him down and put him into the tiny pizza box that is my life. I conform God to my own worldview. This is why I often find myself frustrated at life.

The way of the Holy Spirit is to walk and live and see life as in God's great control. To look above people and circumstances and problems and walk on holy ground. I want to do that and this novel, which kept me up late last night, has brought me just a step closer to living in the reality that is God's love.

Editorial Review:

The young orphan boy was abandoned and raised in an Ethiopian monastery. He has never seen outside its walls -- at least, not the way most people see. Now he must flee those walls or die.

But the world is hardly ready for a boy like Caleb.

When relief expert Jason Marker agrees to take Caleb from the monastery, he unwittingly opens humanity's doors to an incredible journey filled with intrigue and peril. Together with Leiah, the French Canadian nurse who escapes to America with them, Jason discovers Caleb's stunning power. But so do the boy's enemies, who will stop at nothing to destroy him. Jason and Leiah fight for the boy's survival while the world erupts into debate over the source of the boy's power.

In the end nothing can prepare any of them for what they will find.

 

Anathema

Colleen Coble

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Total reviews: 12 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

one of the best 5 out of 5 stars.
2 of 2 people found this review helpful.

I have read many books about the Amish and this it top of the line. Couldn't wait to get home from a stressful day and get back in the book. I hope there is a #2 with the characters. There was an element of suspense and I would recommend it to anyone.

A spellbinding story with interesting facts about Amish quilts and what their patterns mean to those who create them 5 out of 5 stars.
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A damp, chilly wind blows through Park County, Indiana, the night Hannah Schwartz sneaks away to meet Reece by the covered bridge. She knows her love for this Englisch police detective is taboo in her Amish world, but she can't resist just a few clandestine moments with the man who makes her feel safe while sending her heart racing. Their encounter is brief and painful as Hannah is once again torn between her family, her Amish fiancé and the love she harbors for her secret Englisch suitor. She flees his arms for the safe harbor of her home, only to encounter a gruesome scene.

Both parents have been poisoned, their stiff, constricted bodies covered by one of her mother's handmade quilts. When their lives are taken away, so too are thousands of dollars worth of Mamms' quilts. Two strange blood red symbols mar the wall of the living room. Reece knows that one is the symbol of peace, but does it have another meaning as well? Something far more sinister? Nearby, a neighbor's poisoned body is discovered half submerged in a pond.

Shattered beyond consolation, Hannah wonders if the deaths are her punishment for partaking in a forbidden love. Her heart heavy, laden with pain and guilt, she decides that she has been rejected by God and will leave her Amish community to marry Reece. She is now Anathema, an outcast to God and her people. It isn't long before Reece's true colors show through and the bullying begins. As she endures years of abuse at Reece's hands, Hannah desperately searches for the exquisite stolen quilts, a tangible link to her murdered parents. She knows exactly how to spot her mother's work, so bold and beautiful that the hummingbird designs nearly fly off the expertly sewn patchwork.

During a heated argument with Reece, Hannah suffers a tragic fall and awakens in the hospital, where Reece tells her that their unborn baby girl did not survive. Hannah is convinced the fall was no accident and leaves Reece to reinvent herself in the Englisch world, where her knowledge of quilts and Amish life leads her to success as an author. On the surface, all is well, but Hannah misses the love of her family and friends, and aches even more for the faith she left behind.

Although the book moves at a quick pace from the start, the real page-turning action begins when Hannah receives a letter from Reece containing a photo of a little girl. The child's almond eyes and unruly auburn hair, so like her own, leads Hannah to wonder if Reece's claim is true --- that the child is their daughter. She heads back to her homeland on a journey wrought with heartache, mystery, deceit and love in a plot that continues to twist and turn until the very end. A decade after she fled Park County, Hannah realizes she was never Anathema to the God who loves her unconditionally. I highly recommend a box of tissues for the last couple of chapters.

Colleen Coble's extensive research and Amish friendships come shining through the characters and imagery of this action-filled story. The devotion to God, peaceful lifestyle and tranquil farms beckon readers to indulge in the experience of visiting an Amish community. Descriptions of warm, damp greenhouses, simple furnishings and the sweet, creamy taste of coffee soup are woven through the pages of this novel like the patterns of a quilt. In addition to a spellbinding story, readers will come away from this book with interesting facts about Amish quilts and what their patterns mean to those who create them.

--- Reviewed by Susan Miura

Editorial Review:

Welcome to Parke County, Indiana--land of peaceful farms and covered bridges, Amish quilts and horse drawn buggies, romance and murder.

After years of running, Hannah Schwatrz has finally built a life for herself--far from the insecure husband who bullied and abused her. Far from the close-knit Amish community who raised her, then shunned her. Still haunted by nightmare memories of her parents' murder and the guilty secret that made her anathema--a true outcast--from her friends and family.

Only love can bring her home again. Love for a child she had feared was lost forever. And love for the peaceful people who shaped her life. But can love heal old wounds . . . or keep the community safe from a deadly danger?

Babylon Rising: The Secret on Ararat (Babylon Rising)

Tim Lahaye, Bob Phillips

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Total reviews: 45 Average rating: 3.5 of 5

Editorial Review:

Tim LaHaye, creator of the phenomenally successful Left Behind® books, continues his newest top-ten New York Times bestselling series: Babylon Rising. The heroic Michael Murphy—“cool, brainy, sexy, and valiant”—hurtles into his second whirlwind adventure in pursuit of Biblical artifacts.

In Babylon Rising Tim LaHaye began an adventure series that he calls even more exciting than his 50-million-plus-copy bestselling Left Behind series. Readers agreed, as the novel debuted as a top-ten New York Times bestseller.
 
Now, in the second Babylon Rising novel, Biblical scholar, archaeologist, professor, and hero for our times Michael Murphy is in pursuit of one of the most mysterious and sought-after of all Biblical artifacts, Noah’s Ark. As Murphy undertakes his death-defying quest to ascend Mount Ararat, he will discover dramatic revelations of Biblical prophecies and be drawn even closer to the most terrifying evil about to be unleashed on all mankind.

With The Secret on Ararat following close on the heels of Glorious Appearing, the fastest-selling Left Behind novel ever, Tim LaHaye will further prove to be one of the most fascinating and popular storytellers of our time.


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Shadows of Lancaster County

Mindy Starns Clark

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Following up on her extremely popular Gothic thriller, Whispers of the Bayou, Mindy Starns Clark offers another suspenseful stand–alone mystery full of Amish simplicity, dark shadows, and the light of God’s amazing grace.

Anna thought she left the tragedies of the past behind when she moved from Pennsylvania to California, but when her brother vanishes from the genetics lab where he works, Anna has no choice but to head back home. Using skills well–honed in Silicon Valley, she follows the high–tech trail her brother left behind, a trail that leads from the simple world of Amish farming to the cutting edge of DNA research and gene mapping.

Anna knows she must depend on her instincts, her faith in God, and the help of the Amish community to find her brother. She also must finally face her own shadows—and pray that she’s stronger than the grief that threatens to overwhelm them all.

Blood of the Dead: A Zombie Novel (Undead World Trilogy, Book One)

A.P. Fuchs

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Total reviews: 5 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

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One year ago, the world came to an end. First came the rain. Then came the screams. Then came the undead. The Haven became the only place in the city free of the walking dead. A place of community. A place to be safe. Now, things have changed. The zombies are coming to the Haven, seeking out the remaining survivors of the human race. Joe Bailey prowls the Haven's streets, taking them back from the undead, each kill one step closer to reclaiming a life once stolen from him. Billie Friday and Des Nottingham soon have Joe to thank for their lives. As the dead push into the Haven, the trio is forced into the one place where folks fear to tread: the heart of the city, a place overrun with flesh-eating zombies. They soon discover they are not the only humans there. After meeting an old man with a peculiar past, Joe and the others must make one last stand against the undead or unwillingly meet the same fate. A desperate escape leads them to a place thought impossible to exist and to a discovery that will shake the future. Welcome to the end of all things.

The Guardian (The O'Malley Series #2)

Dee Henderson

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Total reviews: 45 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

NOT MY CUP OF TEA 2 out of 5 stars.
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I am aware that this novel falls into the Christian literature classification, however the spiritual conflict as well as the romantic aspect of the story falls short and the family dynamic is improbable. As for the "she saw the killer and now she's at risk, so let's send in Mr. Wonderful to protect her", the story has been done to death.

This could, however, be a perfect vehicle for the WE (women's entertainment) cable network to purchase and produce. (All of their shows seem to be of this caliber). The story is sugary, Marcus O'Malley comes across as a combination of Clint Eastwood and Robert Young, and the women in the story are generally portrayed as helpless, in need of a man's love and protection in order to survive. All in all, there isn't a really believable character in the book. (1 1/2 stars)

Editorial Review:

A federal judge has been murdered. There is only one witness, and an assassin wants her dead. U.S. Marshall Marcus O'Malley thought he knew the risks of the assignment . . . but he was wrong.

Introducing the O'Malleys, an inspirational group of seven, all abandoned or orphaned as teens, who have made the choice to become a loyal and committed family. They have chosen their own surname, O'Malley, and have stood by each other through moments of joy and heartache. Their stories are told in CBA best-selling, inspirational romantic suspense novels that rock your heart and restore strength and hope to your spirit.

The Ishbane Conspiracy

Randy Alcorn, Angela Alcorn, Karina Alcorn

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Total reviews: 46 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Distrubing - in a good way 5 out of 5 stars.
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I liked this book, but was disturbed by it. By that I mean, the "letters" between Ishbane and Foulgrin made me really start to think at how Satan works on us.

It is a good book for parents to read.

This book could just change your life... 5 out of 5 stars.
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Any book can tell the story of four imperfect students. But this book is different.

Jillian may seem like a good Christian girl, but she's struggling. Brittany may seem like just another of those pretty girls that got in with the wrong crowd, but she's dissatisfied. Ian may seem content with his drinking, interest in witchcraft, and girlfriends, but he's afraid. And Rob may seem like a happy, moral guy, but he's hiding something.

Only God can help them. But this is Lord Foulgrin's greatest fear.

Every other chapter is a letter from the correspondence of the Devil's servants as they discuss how to ruin the four main characters. But through these letters clearly shine numerous messages to the readers. So while the evil tries in vain to destroy the good, readers are challenged to persevere for the good. To flee from evil. To see through deception. To comfort those who are struggling. To stand up to what is wrong. To encourage others to do right. To treasure God's Word. To be continually praying and to understand the power of prayer. To value one's family. To put others first. And to imitate Christ's forgiveness.

It causes you to think of life through the eyes of God. It's a glimpse of the big picture. And all the while, it's one of those books you don't want to put down.

For teenagers or parents, this book is worth your time. All the way.

Editorial Review:

Jillian is picture-perfect on the outside, but terrified of getting hurt on the inside. Brittany is a tough girl who trusts almost no one. Ian is a successful athlete who dabbles in the occult. And Rob is a former gang-banger who struggles with guilt, pain, and a newfound faith in God. These four college students will face the ultimate battle between good and evil in a single year. As spiritual warfare rages around them, a dramatic demonic correspondence takes place. Readers can eavesdrop on the enemy, and learn to stave off their own defeat, by reading The Ishbane Conspiracy.