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Monday, September 24, 2012

The Seraph Seal ~ By Leonard Sweet and Lori Wagner

The Seraph Seal is an apocalyptic fiction story. The story is an end-times tale of good vs. evil and the promise of a new dawn for humanity. This epic tale of good and evil is based on the four horsemen of the Apocalypse found in the book of Revelation.

The story starts out on December 12, 2012 with "eight" people being born at the exact same time and have the exact same birthmark. They are the ones that hold the key for the future. The story then fast forwards to
2048, when planet Earth is suffering from the damaging effects of years of misuse and abuse, cultural history professor Paul Binder receives a mysterious letter that leads him to examine a lost 2nd-century Diatessaron manuscript. Ancient prophecies, cryptic letters, and strange events set him on a course to uncover the missing clues that could lead humanity into a new age. Each character embodies elements of the four horsemen in a race to save the world from total destruction. Layered with forgotten symbolism from the ancient, Jewish, and Christian traditions, the novel is a type of engaged fiction in which the main character's lost journal serves as a guide to the reader in interpreting clues and understanding the novel's conclusion.


Starting off, this book was intriguing and then after a few chapters that changed for me. It took me a very, very long time to finish this book. My brain felt very unequipped for this type of read. The story jumped around a lot and was quite boring in many areas. There were almost too many characters to keep up with as well. As I made it to the end of the story, the only part I enjoyed was that it was over and I could move on to something else. For the ending, I definitely would have chosen something better. I think I'll stick with books that are closer to the truth from now on.


I received this book free of charge from BookSneeze.com in return for a review.  The opinions expressed in this review are strictly my own.

 

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