Waking God by Brian Doe, Philip Harris
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- Pub. Date: June 2006
- 280pp
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Product Details
- Pub. Date: June 2006
- Publisher: Star Publish LLC
- Format: Paperback, 280pp
- ISBN-13: 9781932993394
- ISBN: 1932993398
Synopsis
Deep within humanity is a genetic code, the god seed. There are two people--MARA and ANDREW--who each possess an active half of the god seed code. This code was placed in humanity by ADAM who, when created, was to be exalted even above the angels. The angels did not and do not like this situation. They also do not like ADAM's plan to dream himself into physical reality when the two halves of the code come together. When God created ADAM he subsequently put ADAM to sleep--a sleep from which he was never awoken. It is in ADAM's dreams that we find the world as we know it today. The angels serve a purpose in the dream world, but they will have little purpose if ADAM comes into the physical. ADAM's ally is a person named MANTRELLA, meaning "Morning Star" (estrella de la mañana). Here is the eternal struggle: The Archangel MICHAEL vs. MANTRELLA. The question posed is who really represents humanity's best interests? WAKING GOD has been termed a "spiritual thriller." It is a spiritual treatise in the guise of a novel which is part prophetic, part heresy, and totally transformational.
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Waking Godby Anonymous
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June 29, 2006: A newborn baby girl's DNA holds the key to something important enough to change Humankind's future. Why is this infant, significantly named Mara, kidnapped and her parents assassinated on the day of her birth? Clearly someone has plans for this child, and just as clearly someone else doesn't want to see those plans carried out. Nor does a young professor of comparative religion want his passionate skepticism challenged in ways he can't begin to ignore - but someone also has plans for Andrew. Ancient prophecies coming to fulfillment. The end of days drawing near. Cataclysmic events working themselves out as if scripted. Fantastic beings appearing to Humans, and interacting with them, as one more speculative fiction tale utilizes the classic morality play format...no, wait a minute! That's where this book leaves other works in its apparent genre behind, because this is decidedly not a morality play. Authors Doe and Harris have done an impressive amount of research into ancient myths, manuscripts, and belief systems. They've used this research to spin a tale that kept this lifelong lover of speculative fiction turning pages far into the night. Their characters, even the fantastically non-Human ones, came to life and demanded that I care what happened next. Their plot held together, and the universe they created stayed consistent even as it also became progressively more complicated. I'll want to read the rest of this intriguing speculative fiction trilogy for sure!
Waking Godby Anonymous
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June 29, 2006: I read this book with a bit of apprehension, as it sounded to me like a mockery of Christianity. However, what a wonderful surprise lay ahead of me! WAKING GOD is a book that takes a contemporary setting, throws in a bit of fantasy in a trip around the world in the future, then flashes all the way back to the Garden of Eden, and does it with such smoothness and grace that you hardly know where you are living when you finally reach the end and set it aside. Authors Doe and Harris, I understand, have a trilogy planned for this book, and I can't wait for the next one. I am one of the few people on the planet who has not read The Da Vinci Code, but from what I've heard about it (and that is a lot), I'd grab another Doe/Harris book over it any day. Well done, and highly recommended! Janet Elaine Smith, author of 14 published novels (OLD HABITS DIE HARD is the latest one) and 2 non-fiction books (PromoPaks: Nearly Free Marketing for Authors the latest).
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