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Available
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Series
Publication
Tyndale House Publishers (2002), 368 pages
Description
Shaiton's Fire, the first book in the techno-thriller series Chapter 16, propels you into the world of domestic counter-terrorism. The bombing of a subway train is only the beginning of a master plan that Steve Alstead-tactical operations specialist-and the rest of the team have to stop . . . before it's too late.
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LibraryThing member Rmstar
Modern age Christian good vs evil tale.
For the rest of the review, please realize that I am a Christian (what the media would likely term a "radical right wing fundamentalist" :). I lightly enjoyed the series. It was not a series that I would buy or normally read, but had no problem borrowing from
When compared to other Christian fiction authors, Jake Thoene's books would rate pretty high. Compared with normal fiction, it doesn't compare as well.
If you are interested in a Christian based work of fiction, I would whole-heartedly recommend his series. Theone does a reasonable job of having Christianity be an aspect of the lives of his characters, and rarely breaks the continuity of the story to have a "preachy" moment, mostly avoiding the "I sense the arrival of the conversion speech". For his characters, Christianity is a life style choice, and they live it.
Thoene's story stretches the bounds of belief quite a bit, and falls into a common author trap of arranging the story line so the main character's family gets involved (perhaps to provide more worry/angst for the main characters). The level of coincidence in how this happens again stretches the bounds of belief. This is also common theme in his follow-on books.
Final rating: "Read this if you are out of anything else to read, and can borrow it from a friend".
For the rest of the review, please realize that I am a Christian (what the media would likely term a "radical right wing fundamentalist" :). I lightly enjoyed the series. It was not a series that I would buy or normally read, but had no problem borrowing from
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a friend. When compared to other Christian fiction authors, Jake Thoene's books would rate pretty high. Compared with normal fiction, it doesn't compare as well.
If you are interested in a Christian based work of fiction, I would whole-heartedly recommend his series. Theone does a reasonable job of having Christianity be an aspect of the lives of his characters, and rarely breaks the continuity of the story to have a "preachy" moment, mostly avoiding the "I sense the arrival of the conversion speech". For his characters, Christianity is a life style choice, and they live it.
Thoene's story stretches the bounds of belief quite a bit, and falls into a common author trap of arranging the story line so the main character's family gets involved (perhaps to provide more worry/angst for the main characters). The level of coincidence in how this happens again stretches the bounds of belief. This is also common theme in his follow-on books.
Final rating: "Read this if you are out of anything else to read, and can borrow it from a friend".
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Original language
English
Physical description
368 p.; 8 inches
ISBN
0842353615 / 9780842353618