Review: Thought provoking, interesting, with a good plot!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 21, 2011
To begin with, what I liked about this book was that the author started the reader out on a journey right from the onset of the book--the plot was well written, easy to understand, and thought provoking. The characters were fleshed out well and had realistic thoughts such as this one early on in the book:I did not fall because of obedience, rather, because I supported my brothers. For the same reason, I knew they would stand with me. Each of us stood shoulder to shoulder in defense of the other. We did not stand to defend any rules or laws. We stood for each other. In the end, nobody stood for principle.I also liked the feeling that while fiction, I was being pulled back into history to another place and time--and I love it when a book can successfully do that for the reader.  It takes a lot of planning and preparation to get it right, and both are found here. The time shifts back and forth throughout the novel, but the author lays it out right at the beginning of the section, and in doing so, makes it clear to the reader so there's no confusion about what's going on and when.I also enjoy a book that makes me think and also wonder what is going to happen next--like this one did and you're pulled into an epic battle of good and evil which has existed since the beginning of time in one form or another.Toward the end there were other passages I liked as well, such as this one:People looked outside themselves for guidance and fell prey to human frailty. The tools used to reach peace are all faulty. We see with narrowed eyes, hear with limited ears, smell and taste with an imperfect nose and mouth and feel with partial touch. Were we to sense a facet of true light, we wouldn't have the capacity to understand. There has never been, nor will there ever be, anything in human experience that will be able to comprehend what we are.Overall, I recommend this novel; it was time well spent!