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Thy Kingdom Come: The Promise of the King

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Thy Kingdom Come: The Promise of the King is a Biblical fantasy written by Rick Schworer. The book covers the creation of the Universe and the attendant fall of Lucifer down to the end of Joshua’s life. Schworer retells biblical stories and adds in some details. There is a lot to like about this book from the cover image to some great ‘one-liners’. (When Cain retorts to Adam something along the lines of “I guess obedience doesn’t run in our family” or when a casual observer remarks that an 80 year old man is climbing a mountain for the fifth time.

As other reviewers have mentioned, the book is short. This becomes an issue because of the size of the task that the author is undertaking. The book literally spans about a dozen characters over several thousand years, often with no more than a few pages on each character. This really isn’t enough time to develop the characters or their scenes. What were the characters’ physical appearances? What color hair or eyes did they have? What kind of food did they eat and how did they cook it? More description here could have helped. I feel like the author is relying on readers to be familiar with stories of the old testament. Someone who reads this book without knowing Biblical stories would feel like there are gaps. Some of that is unavoidable in a work of this nature, however.

FAIR WARNING: This book stays pretty true to a literal interpretation of the Old Testament so your feelings on reading it will be colored by your view on that. For instance, there are thousands of people slain without remorse and in one scene one of the characters is lauded because he killed a couple suspected of inter-national dating.

Three and half stars.. Click the link to buy the book at Amazon


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