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Modern age Christian good vs evil tale.

For the rest of the review, please realize that I am a Christian (what the media would likely term a "radical right wing fundamentalist" :). I lightly enjoyed the series. It was not a series that I would buy or normally read, but had no problem borrowing from a friend.

When compared to other Christian fiction authors, Jake Thoene's books would rate pretty high. Compared with normal fiction, it doesn't compare as well.

If you are interested in a Christian based work of fiction, I would whole-heartedly recommend his series. Theone does a reasonable job of having Christianity be an aspect of the lives of his characters, and rarely breaks the continuity of the story to have a "preachy" moment, mostly avoiding the "I sense the arrival of the conversion speech". For his characters, Christianity is a life style choice, and they live it.

Thoene's story stretches the bounds of belief quite a bit, and falls into a common author trap of arranging the story line so the main character's family gets involved (perhaps to provide more worry/angst for the main characters). The level of coincidence in how this happens again stretches the bounds of belief. This is also common theme in his follow-on books.

Final rating: "Read this if you are out of anything else to read, and can borrow it from a friend". ( )