Review: Good, but with drwbacks
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 10, 2014
Graham Carter provides us with another entertaining and inspiring novel, though I disagree with most of the five stars; this book was not as good as the first book. In this book, Sarah as the protagonist is back ruling five cities (as in the parable, I presume) and Melas the demon is back after having been released from his thousand years of imprisonment with only one real goal; to repay Sarah for sentencing him to his imprisonment.  The story is fun, fast paced, moving in spots and full of the author's vision of end times as held by most evangelicals/fundamentalists.  And that's why I gave it four stars.  When I found out that all schools during the thousand year reign of Christ (Maranantha--may He come soon) were required to teach Special Creation as the only way things happened I about fell out of my chair.  A small but intensely important point in my mind as I gave up the idea of Special Creation a long time ago after listening to a Special Creationist and a secular biologist debate the subject, but I digress. And I would have liked to have seen more of the characters (other than the demons) from the first book; for example, Sarah's murderer who converted toward the end of the book, and Sarah's daughter.  Seeing both in Heaven or having heavenly duties or interacting with Sarah would have filed out the book nicely.Still this was a good read.  It kept me engaged and I was certainly pleased with the outcome.  Should you get this book?  Only if you have read the first one.  Otherwise too little of what has happened will make sense.  And it also wouldn't hurt to check out some of the evangelical tomes out there on the last days if you have never read them.  Much more will make sense if you do.