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Bezig met laden... The Apocalypse Door (2002)door James D. Macdonald
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. This moves at a dead run, with black humour gasped out here and there. Not what you'd read for lyrical description or introspective character development--the main character does have a crisis of faith, but he has to keep running while he has it. It's great fun, but I wouldn't describe it as a romp, because there's an edge of seriousness throughout, not so much because of the threatened apocalypse (which is almost a staple of urban fantasy: Buffy stalled it at least once a month) as the questions of faith and purpose that move the characters. This book was a lot of fun and I really enjoyed it. It is rather hard to describe. It's a theological thriller - the Knights Templar went underground in the Middle Ages, but they're still around, fighting evil by fighting hard. Peter Crossman, Knight of the Cross, takes on demonic forces, armed with a gun, a new partner, a nun/assassin, and a pure heart. What's not to love? I know the theology well, and enjoyed that aspect. As I non-Catholic, I know that I missed a lot of the in-jokes. (Yes, there are in-jokes. This is a funny theological thriller.) However, the plot was sharp and the writing was good and the mystery made sense at the end. Recommended geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
Welcome to the world of Peter Crossman, Knight Templar Extraordinare. He's a man with a mission...and his boss is literally out of this world. Despite what is known as gospel truth, the order of the Knight Templars never really went out of business. These warriors of God still walk among us, battling evil to keep Adam's children safe...as they have been doing for millennia. Peter Crossman is a priest and a man of many talents, performing last rites with one hand and handling a flamethrower in the other. He walks with faith at his side and with his colleague, the dangerously sexy Sister Mary Magdalene of the Special Action Executive Branch of the Poor Clares. Peter is faced with a crisis of biblical proportions when a search for some missing UN peacekeepers goes horribly wrong. A very unholy object is found and may open a portal to damnation. Fortunately, demonic magic isn't the only source of Power in the world. And Peter's got a direct line to the biggest guns in the universe. Smart, funny, and sexy,The Apocalypse Door is a rollicking caper with a touch of the sacred. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999LC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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