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Author: Ted Dekker
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Category: Book

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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars

10 reviews
Sales Rank: 1129

Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 400
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.4
Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 6.2 x 1.6

ISBN: 1595540083
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9781595540089
ASIN: 1595540083

Publication Date: September 2, 2008
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Product Description

Some say roll with the punches. Drift with the tide. Nothing can stop the inevitability of change. There was a time when 300 Spartans disagreed with such mindless thinking and stood in the gap.

Now it's time for 3,000 to stand in the gap.

Sinner is the story of Marsuvees Black, a force of raw evil who speaks with wicked persuasion that is far more destrictive than swords or guns. Beware all who stand in his way.

It's also the story of Billy Rediger and Darcy Lange, two unsuspecting survivors of a research project gone bad, who discover that they are perhaps the two most powerful souls in the land. Listen to them or pay a terrible price.

And it's the story of Johnny Drake, the one who comes out of the desert and leads the 3,000. Follow him and die.

Sinner tells the story of a free land where people who worship as they please and say what they believe are suddenly silenced in the name of tolerance.

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2 out of 5 stars

Another disappointment from Ted Dekker October 11, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

I think I've just read my last Ted Dekker novel for a while.

I got interested in Dekker's stuff after reading House, his co-written effort with Peretti. I became an immediate fan and got a lot of enjoyment out of the Circle Trilogy, Obsessed, Blink, Thr3e and Showdown. Since reading Skin and Saint I started becoming disappointed with Dekker's stuff. It seemed like his stories would start really well then ultimately end poorly. Sinner is another example of this except that the first chapter or two is of the only interest and the rest goes downhill from there.

Contrary to what is written in the introduction to this book, there really is no point reading Sinner unless you have read Showdown and Saint in that order. But even if you have you will find this story dull. The course of events that take place in the storyline seem ridiculous to me. At one point we have Billy and Darcy being pursued by evil dudes to destroy them because of their supernatural powers which have suddenly manifested. The next we know, they've used those powers to help enact a federal law that effectively limits religious freedom, and Johnny thinks the best way to protest the law is to hole up in Paradise with 3000 others. Really it's all a bit implausible, even for supernatural fiction.

The storyline just doesn't flow at all, the four main characters are developed poorly, and not much really happens. Parts of the story made me wonder whether Ted Dekker actually wrote it all. Two thirds of the way through it was a real struggle for me to be bothered continuing.

My fear is that Ted Dekker has become pre-occupied with cranking out as many books as possible in the same hyper-marketing vein as the Left Behind series: endless sequels that don't finish and in which not much really happens.

For those who rate this as a 5 star book, all I can say is they mustn't read much fiction, or perhaps are only reading "Christian fiction". Even so, there's much better Christian fiction available than this.

5 out of 5 stars

Dekker has you wondering, AGAIN! October 6, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful

Great read. Dekker had me trying to remember who is from where and what their roles were before. I've read his books as they were published, Red, Black, White, House, Saint, Showdown, and the last 3 books of History ones. He's got me hooked.

This one was similar to the rest. If you're a Dekker fan, you won't want to miss reading this book.

5 out of 5 stars

SWEET October 2, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful

Ted really went all out on this one. Bringing so many parts of Showdown together, It got your blood pumping and stuck in quite a few twists you will never see coming in a million years.

5 out of 5 stars

"Sinner" was a great ! September 21, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful

"Sinner" was a great addition to the series. I was amazed at the relevance it has in todays age as well as the challenge it presents to all who read it. I look forward to more from Ted Dekker. It was definitely worth the wait.

4 out of 5 stars

Good book, entertaining, recommended reading. September 12, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful

Good story, Dekker rights well. Not what I call a 'page burner', but close to it. I enjoyed it, over all. At times I was frustrated with the characters because they didn't do what I considered to be logical things, but maybe Dekker meant it to be that way. I found myself drawn into the story and interested in what happened next. The book reads as if it is for late teens. It may be advertised as such, but I'm older and enjoyed it just the same. I would recommend the book. I read the Black, Red, White series and there a tie ins. I like that series more, but not a by a large margin. If you read the B-R-W series you would proabably enjoy The Lost Books series.

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