Intriguing, well written and unexpected, September 24, 2004
Reviewer: D. Smithee "Universal Daddy" (Washington, DC USA)
For a self published book that probably had little in the way of professional editing, this work has a tight narrative, an intriguing premise and an easy to grasp structure. Taking the most well know book in the world, the Christian Bible, and retelling it from the losing party's point of view, we get some of the worlds most well known tales with a fascinating twist.
Starting out in another universe on the brink of destruction, the inhabitants of that dimension flee to our universe to survive. Finding nothing here, they create the world for a singular purposse. They need the power of faith to sustain them. This order of powerful beings splits when one (Lucifer) rebels against manipulating the forthcoming humans into becoming repositories of faith. They are hurled to the center of the earth for their efforts. (This event becomes the meteor that destroyed the dinosaurs.) Thus begins the twists on the traditional Bible stories all told from Satan's point of view. Satan/Lucifer may not be such a bad guy after all. The book goes beyond the end of the Bible and winds up with Satan meeting with an ancestor of Martin Luther, eventually provoking the reformation.
The author has chosen a neo-Shakespearean King James style of English to narrate his "recovered manuscript" that can be a bit difficult to get through initially. The concepts and story are strong enough to overcome this and you will find it adds to the overall experience. The book is short enough to read quickly and get the full impact of this remarkable premise. Go for it!
