This
novel is very entertaining but I would encourage readers to check the
accuracy of some of the statements in the novel. We must remember,
this is fiction.
The
plot is something like a Dan Brown thriller. A Secret Service Agent,
John Winters, is on administrative leave because of an operation that
went very wrong. He finds out at his mother's death that she believed
they are descendants of Christopher Columbus. She has left him her
information with the request to pursue the genealogical connection.
Winters goes to Barcelona and connects with a beautiful academic
specialist on Columbus and both look for a secret journal Columbus
wrote.
A
secret society wants to financially control the world. They must get
control of that journal and its revelations at all cost, including
murder. Embroiled in the adventure is Winters' somewhat estranged
daughter, Maria, also in Barcelona as a legal aid working on a
business deal with a conglomerate controlled by the most powerful
member of the nefarious secret society.
On
the positive side, the plot is a reasonable one about the Antichrist
attempting to financially take over the world. There is lots of
action and intrigue in this novel. It is a page turner. The
characters are well developed and realistic.
On
the negative side, I don't like it when a novel mixes truth with
speculation. The novel suggests Columbus was at least half Jewish,
something I did not know but many apparently think this the case.
Columbus wrote prophecies later in life and the novel makes use of
them. It also makes use of the 2014-2015 tetrad (four lunar eclipses
on Jewish holy days). But this is where caution needs to be applied.
Hirsch, a secondary character, says, “The tetrad [Columbus]
experienced while on his first voyage was, in fact, the first tetrad
following the destruction of the Temple.” (264) A web search shows
that there were apparently several tetrads between the destruction of
the Temple in 70 AD and Columbus' voyage (162-163 AD, 795-796 AD,
842-842 AD, 860-661 AD). I don't like that. I like it much better if authors are accurate when their characters make those kinds of
statements.
In a novel of this kind, I would appreciate an author note identifying which parts of the novel were based on historical evidence and which were purely speculation. None was included, however.
In a novel of this kind, I would appreciate an author note identifying which parts of the novel were based on historical evidence and which were purely speculation. None was included, however.
This
is an exciting novel dealing with prophecies potentially for our current
time, especially since there has been much written about the
2014-2015 blood moons. End times prophecy buffs will like it. I would
remind readers that this is fiction, as have been all previous
predictions of the rise of the Antichrist.
My
rating: 4/5 stars.
Mike
Evans is a #1 New York Times best-selling author with more than
25 million copies in print, including Christopher Columbus, Secret
Jew. He lives in Fort Worth, Texas.
Worthy
Publishing, 384 pages.
I
received a complimentary digital copy of this book from the publisher
for the purpose of an independent and honest review.
No comments:
Post a Comment