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Friday, August 14, 2009

The Spear of Tyranny by Angela Hunt and Grant Jeffery

The Spear of Tyranny does not end the series correctly, in my opinion. It discards all the previous characters and comes up with a whole new cast that aren't very good or believable. As the Antichrist rises to power, he covets the spear that supposedly pierced Jesus' side and eventually gets it. Meanwhile, in Israel, sleeper cell groups of Jews are awakening and taking action to try to save their homeland. This part of the plot focuses on a husband and wife that are having problems because they are apart most of the time.
This series has degraded in quality with each book and I, for one, would have preferred the first to stand alone. To me, this book seemed tacked onto the end of the series because of the completely new characters. The only reason I can think of the read this book is to finish the series.
1.5 stars

Flee the Darkness by Angela Hunt and Grant Jeffery

Daniel is a computer genius who's about to change the face of international security. Why? Because he's developed a foolproof microchip that can be implanted under the skin. People can track you. People can see your criminal and medical records.
It's all under the skin.
But what Daniel does not know is that he has just invited the Antichrist into his backyard.
The whole idea behind this book is interesting and innovative, as usual for Angela Hunt. But the way they handled it is slightly disappointing. First of all, there is an unnecessary female lead that Daniel gets involved with. Second of all, both of them are perfect. There are also several other perfect characters, except for the predictable villain in which Daniel faces off with in a cabin in the middle of nowhere.
But even with the bad characters, the book isn't really that bad. The end is interesting but slightly expected.
I only wish this book didn't have a sequel.
3 stars

By Dawn's Early Light by Angela Hunt and Grant Jeffery

Though there's nothing wrong with it, By Dawn's Early Light falls short of its predecessor. Daniel and Sarah are hardly in the book at all, which was a disappointment to me. It takes another track to follow a spy for Daniel, a mistress of the current Russian leader. It is interesting, however, how Hunt and Jeffery tie in Biblical prophecies with their fiction.
There is also an odd parallel story about the relationship between an American soldier and a Israeli agent. That story has a very strange ending that is so strange it's unnecessary.
Probably the best scene in the book is the scene of God's judgement on Russia. It's very creative and the only thing that makes this book worth reading.
Overall, the book is worth reading but is a disappointment to the first.
2.5 stars