Review: The End Times ala Hollywood
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 4, 2013
Any book with an 'End Times' theme will inevitably be compared with the Left Behind series. I recently read LB book 1, and I have to say I'm impressed with Somers' originality with Inferno's plot. It takes place much later than other books in the genre, for instance, and technology yet to be developed figures prominently in the story.For the first 50 pages or so it appeared to me that the author was an outsider, a non-Christian, who found the Christian end times prophecies intriguing and worth entertaining as an exercise in creativity, not to be confused with advocacy or belief.The emphasis on action and spy-thriller trappings bothered me a bit, but I have to give props for creativity, good characters, and a plot that supplies context for the fulfillment of the requisite end time prophecies. The dialogue includes some brief but well conceived discussions on a number of Christian themes. I also appreciate his nod to Asimov, sci-fi nerd that I am.I docked a star for the above-mentioned spy thriller violence/emphasis and for too many usage, grammatical, and other mechanical issues.