The Silver and the Cross by Kathleen Mulroy

By Anonymous on 2/28/10 11:28am
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Set in 1890 Idaho Territory, this Christian historical romance tells the story of a minister's daughter and an English mining engineer.  This is a quick read, with plenty of good historical detail and an action; and a very satisfying romance.

"The Silence: The End Is Near", by Jim Kraus

By MichaelP03 on 2/16/10 7:05pm
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Jim Kraus' "The Silence: The End is Near" is a weak attempt - a very weak attempt - at Christian eschatology. Your premise is basic post-apocalyptic fare - a series of massive natural disasters wrecks the planet, and the survivors have to move beyond the nightmare and into the dawn of a new era. There is the usual collapse of civilization and authority, the usual battle of good vs. evil…the usual everything, really. The only unusual thing about this book is how plain and ordinary the writing is.

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"Eve: A Novel of the First Woman", by Elissa Elliott

By MichaelP03 on 2/11/10 5:30pm
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From start to finish, Elissa Elliot's "Eve: A Novel of the First Woman" is simply brilliant. The story follows Adam, Eve and their children as they seek to rebuild their lives after being cast out of Eden. On the way, they have to deal with a God who has turned silent, a cold and dangerous world that threatens to kill them by starvation or predation, and the discovery of other people, with strange customs and new gods.

 

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"Fires Rising", by Michael Laimo

By MichaelP03 on 2/9/10 4:01pm
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Michael Laimo's "Fires Rising" is a bit of a guilty pleasure, honestly. To start, the negatives: the writing is weak, to put it simply. Dramatic moments are written like this. To reinforce tension. When something scary is happening. Because Laimo can't naturally write fear and horror into his prose. So he has to manufacture it. And this happens. So very. Very. Often.

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"Magdalene", by Angela Hunt

By MichaelP03 on 2/8/10 6:14pm
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