Raising Abel

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Summary: If you're a religious fanatic you'll hate this book!
Review: By now you know the subject of this intelligent thriller, so I'll just add some parenthetical comments. For one thing,these two authors work together seamlessly,but they've had lots of practice,as this is their 14th joint endeavor.

Besides an absorbing plot that sugar-coats a lot of fascinating science, the characters they care to develop compel your interest and actually do change in striking ways. One of the bad guys --Paxton--also turns in a novel performance as an ex-hero with a conscience.

"Raising Abel"'s true "villain" is religious zealotry, the kind that spurs book-burning and torture for people who voice unacceptable opinions. The authors don't hesitate to paint these fanatics as either crazy ignoramuses, or power-mad hypocrites. (See comments by the critic who can't spell "bigoted" and can't get his verbs straight, and you get the idea.)

One amazing aspect is the book's length. it runs to almost 600 pages, but you won't be tempted to skip a single scene. If you like the story as much as I did, you'll eat up Lincoln Child's & Douglas J. Preston's "The Ice Limit" and "Rip Tide." Am I planning to read the Gears' other books? You bet!

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Summary: A wonderful read!!!!!!!
Review: I picked this book up one day just wandering around the bookstore. I was getting a bit tired of reading the same old stuff and I wanted something with a new twist to it. I'm one of those people that almost immediately puts the book back on the shelf if I read "police detective so-and-so" or "news reporter so-and-so" because there's just so many of them! Anyway, this book tweaked my interest after reading the back. I had already read two of the Gear's books before (People of the Wolf and People of the Fire) and really enjoyed them so I figured I would give this one a try. Wow. It was great! I never got bored reading this. They did a great job of making me want to know what was going on, who was doing what, and what would happen next. If you're looking for something different and new, read this. A fair warning, though: If you are a very religious person, this may offend you. I'm not so it didn't bother me. I found the whole idea very interesting and happen to agree with most of it. I just finished it so it's still very fresh, but I believe this one's going down as one of my favorite books. Swan Song by Robert Mccammon still tops that list, though.

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Summary: A great book with depth
Review: This is the story of four year old boy who discovers who he is and why evil people are murdering those around him and trying to kill him. He (and his stuffed toy Chaser) are at the center of a well written and engaging story. At times it feels like a murder mystery, and at other times like a science class. Nonetheless it all fits together in a very entertaining package. The main evil characters are deluded fanatics who have no idea about genuine Christianity, but rather are religious nuts. Indeed, there are too many corrupt people in church! Beware, you may think that you know where this story is headed, but there are unexpected twists and turns. It held my attenton right down to the end. Good reading. Might offend flat earthers but as a Christian Pastor, I found nothing offensive.