About
the book:
A
dramatic ship explosion frees eighteen year-old Riki from her
captivity, but the island where she finds refuge is compromised.
Unless she finds a power truly great enough to overthrow her dark
past, she will choose death over returning to captivity.
Lord
Vétis, high priest of a cultic underground, will stop at nothing to
reclaim their chosen one. Using black magic, he manipulates Riki and
her self-assigned bodyguards, triggering a battle that consumes the
entire island. The underground will never allow Riki to live out her
dreams of a normal life without a deadly battle.
My
review:
I
think this would be a good fiction book about spiritual experiences
for teens. The four young career guys on the isolated island for a
week adventure have been friends since childhood. They do goofy guy
things guy friends do. When they find Riki washed up on a beach, that
changes the whole group dynamics.
This
novel takes the reader to the world of occult worship, where a young
girl was held captive and raised for a future in occult worship.
Little by little, Riki remembers and reveals her childhood, as ugly
as it is. But Riki was not the only survivor of the ship explosion
and soon a deadly spiritual battle ensues.
We
readers experience the stress on the guys' friendship as some doubt
Riki's story while others aim to protect her. One of the guys has
rejected his Christian faith and falls prey to the evil influence.
There is some spiritual warfare but it is rather weak on the guys
end. And how the spiritual warfare resolves I felt was rather weak as
well. We don't read of any gruesome or intense spiritual battles.
Actually, the guys are rather clueless to the spiritual nature of the
battle, even though they see evidence of it that should jog their
awareness.
The
writing style is intense, reflecting the fast paced action. I felt
the sentences were choppy at times but that might be something teens
would appreciate. The end of the novel leaves us ready for the next
book in the series.
I
am taking part in a blog tour of this book and you can read other
reviews here.
You
can read an excerpt from chapter one here.
You
can watch the book trailer here.
J.
A. Marx loves writing embattled spirit novels. Growing up in
Colorado, she spent much of her childhood climbing trees and rocks,
and riding horses. Countless stories filled her mind yet she never
wrote any down until in her late 30s. She graduated from Colorado
State University with a BA in Arts & Humanities. She and her
husband live in Texas, close to their children and grandchildren.
Find out more at http://jamarx.net/.
CreateSpace
Independent Publishing Platform, 358 pages.
I
received a complimentary digital copy of this book through the
Litfuse Publicity Group for the purpose of an independent and honest
review.
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