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The World in Shadow [Paperback]

Theodore Beale (Author)
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This is Beale's second book (following his debut novel The War in Heaven, which is being re-released concurrently) in a seven-book fantasy series aimed at young evangelical Christians. It is best read as a sequel, as important events leading up to this book are only hinted at. Beale continues the story of three Christian teenagers who have been granted special knowledge of the ongoing spiritual battle between Good and Evil to dominate mortal souls. Beale's complex cosmology of guardian angels and demons is fraught with theological inconsistencies and too often resembles the fantasy video games that his teenage characters like to play. Readers will need to suspend their disbelief (and possibly some of their doctrine) to enjoy the tale. On the positive side, Beale does an excellent job of capturing the rarefied world of high school, and both Christian and fallen teenagers are painted with some sympathy. His chapters are headed by epigraphs ranging from the Bible to rock music to blockbuster movies, which lend the book a hip edge. The novel's driving tension is an evil plan to stage a Columbine-like massacre at the senior prom. Some of the best (and most disturbing) writing occurs in the sections that try to imagine the inner worlds of the killers, though the subsequent ending is abrupt and somewhat inexplicable. The novel is best aimed at Christian youths who want to make sense of evil while being reminded that their seemingly trivial lives of crushes, proms, fashion and gossip can have eternal consequences.
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They battled evil at the gates of Heaven and rediscovered the power of faith. Now, Christopher, Jami, and Holli Lewis must guard the home front as Archangel Kaym and his minions wage war on Earth.

His victims have been claimed one by one, but that is just the beginning of the fallen angel's master plan: an all-out massacre at the high-school prom. In order to acomplish his terrible deed, Kaym focuses on two of the Lewis kids' schoolmates, Derek and Brian. Weakened by the constant bullying of their peers, the boys are easy prey for Kaym and soon become his instruments of death.

As the Lewis children and their guardians -- Mariel, Paulus and Aliel -- struggle against Kaym's forces, the moment for destruction draws near, and Christopher, Jami and Holli realize that the only weapons powerful enough to save the lives and souls of their classmates may be prayer and faith.

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5.0 out of 5 stars The World In Shadow; a great book., Jan 9 2004
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The World In Shadow was a really great book. Though some have said that it is better than the first, I think I must have to disagree. It's probably just because of my style of reading, and what I like in the book, but that's just me. The first book really showed what it was like on the other side, and how it could bring a family together in Christ. I probably liked the first more because it had a lot more combat, but that's just what I like. In the second book, I liked that Beale gave hints about them being possesed, i.e. the tattos. I like how in the end he kept Tessa alive to appoligize to Brien. Overall, it was a great book, and I would read it again if I wanted to!
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5.0 out of 5 stars amazingly real, July 24 2003
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this book was better than the first. without a single doubt. It brought the spiritual war to Earth, where it indeed is being fought daily. Although ficticious, it gave a real perspective on daily life. Showing the overall influence of the war on everyday life. How most of us are blinf to the fact that we are being used. The way Kaym used Brien and Derek, without them even knowing until the end.

The war we fight with our sin is influenced. and Mr.Beale put it into a gravley real perspective, how the Fallen can use just a bit of hatred and sin to create a mass problem.

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5.0 out of 5 stars one of the best new writers out there, Oct 7 2002
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Book two in The Eternal Warriors series, "The World in Shadow," shows Theodore Beale in top form as a writer. In my opinion, this book is even better than the first book, "War in Heaven," which I greatly enjoyed.

First of all--the story. Beale brings this second book down to earth. Instead of a rampaging war that crosses the boundaries of planets and time (though that war is still the backdrop), the setting of The Word in Shadow is an average suburban high school.

Jami, Christopher and Holli are confronted by a largely unfelt and unseen threat. They are given the chance to save many lives and eternal destinies. The question is: do they have enough resolve and faith to do so?

The answer will likely surprise you (it did me).

Now--to the writer. I have been most impressed by Mr. Beale as an author. His development from his first novel to his second is phenomenal. What strikes me most is his dead-on ability to catch the dialogue and culture of his characters. There are few writers who come close to his ability at this.

More than that, he is writing not only page-turning stuff, but page-turning stuff with a brain. His depiction of his human villains (or victims--depends how you look at it) does not suffer from the usual one-sidedness one finds in "Christian" literature.

For all these reasons and for the fact that once I got a hundred pages into it, I could not put the book down, I give The World in Shadow my highest recommendation.

One last thing--I also appreciated Mr. Beale's nod to Douglas Adams in the naming of one of the novel's characters.

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