Thursday, June 2, 2011

The Seraph Seal by Leonard Sweet and Lori Wagner

The Seraph Seal is a novel about the apocalypse and a view of what could possibly happen.  It follows 9 characters through the end days as catastrophes mount throughout the world and they have to choose sides to determine the out come of the world.  They are given clues to follow that will help them along the way to try and save mankind from destruction.

I enjoyed most of the story and thought that it took an interesting view of what may possibly happen, but it had some issues I couldn’t get past.  Maybe I shouldn’t have read the introduction.   I think that it could have been better had a few more things been either added or taken away.  First, in the introduction, the authors talk about how the reader will play an active role in the final section of the book.  Maybe I missed something, but I just read it.  Second, it talks about using the Alphabet of the Apocalypse section to uncover hidden clues in the book.  Again, maybe I’m just not smart enough, but I didn’t see any.  I think the first parts of the book jumped around too much to really get to know any of the characters, but once they got together it seemed to get better and get a little deeper into their characters.  I guess I just have a lot of questions, most of which I can’t ask without giving things away.

If you want a fast paced story of the apocalypse, this might be an option you, but I would tell you to skip the intro and forget about the Alphabet of the Apocalypse.  I just don’t think they were needed.  I’d go for the Left Behind series instead.

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