Paradise Series, Book 1: Showdown : The Books of History Chronicles (Series #1) (CD-Audio)

from chsbellboy

Ted Dekker's Paradise series is an enjoyable three-book read in typical Dekker style. There are several different Christian motifs sprinkled throughout the page turners. In all, the Paradise series is my favorite series by Dekker. This is the first book by publication date in the series.

from Eskypades

Showdown was a good read, albeit definitely not as good as the Dekker's Circle Trilogy. In my opinion, Dekker has a pretty good grasp on the art of allegory. In Showdown, you have the classic struggle of good versus evil, but Dekker has a way of mixing it up a little bit. The story centers around...

from tcarter

Interesting idea underpinning the story, which I won't reveal as it would be a significant spoiler. Does leave you thinking about the nature of the battle between good and evil but as literature had a couple of failings for me. The main one was that I didn't really care about any of the character...

from bibliophile1887

Paradise, Coloarado. A small mountain town, population 450. Very little changes in Paradise. Almost nothing happens from day to day. One hot summer afternoon, a stranger appears in town. Marsuvees Black is a preacher and says he's been sent by God. It seems he can work miracles and the townspeopl...

from fingerpost

Ted Dekker is obviously a fan of Stephen King. He writes like King, and that is a compliment. His style is imitative of King, but he imitates well. The story is a strange supernatural... almost horror... allegory of God giving his only begotten son to save us all. The religion doesn't really come...