Book Description
Fleeing assailants through alleyways in Denver late one night, Thomas Hunter narrowly escapes to the roof of an industrial building. Then a silent bullet from the night clips his head and his world goes black.
Now Thomas wakes from a deep sleep, remembering the vivid dream he just had of being chased. Incredibly real. His head is even bleeding - but he's fallen on a rock. He's in a green forest, waiting to meet Rachelle, the woman he's falling madly in love with.
That night, Thomas tumbles into bed and falls into a fitful sleep. He dreams. But here comes the real mind bender. Every time Thomas falls asleep in one reality, he awakes in the other. He truly no longer knows which reality is real. Each reality has dramatic impact on the other, each proves to be real, each presents huge stakes, and the fate of each will depend on one man: Thomas Hunter.
This groundbreaking trilogy will be the fiction publishing event of 2004. Black is unleashed in February, followed by Red this May, and concluding with White in September 2004. Each new Dekker book has surpassed the prior one...but never before has he created such an unforgettable multi-layered epic as Black, Red, and White.
- Different, But Very Good (4)
'Black' is an interesting and very different novel with spiritual implications.
I thought it started off a bit slow and had some very strange parts, but it started grabbing me partway into the book. I am not a big fantasy or science fiction fan, yet I enjoyed this one a lot.
I have read some of Dekker's other books and probably liked them a bit better, but this one continued to get better as it went along. I will definitely plan to get the next installment in this series -'Red' - and see if it improves even more.
You will certainly not be bored with this story. I recommend it. - Visual, Gripping, and Soul Revealing (Book 2) (5)
When it comes to "Christian Fiction," I have always hesitated (outside of Frank Peretti). This series came recommended by my Mom. So, trusting her, I picked it up and when I began nearly put it down in the first couple chapters. Something kept me going - and then I was had.
Dekker writes a dual reality story and powerfully engages the heart in the story of love, sin, grace, betrayal, temptation, and hope. This story is wrapped in thriller format - and tells of the surrender and sacrifice of Christ. Dekker had me bitting my nales, shedding a tear, yelling at characters, and longing for more grace in my life.
If you are longing for a tale of the power, the beauty, and the danger of life connected with the Divine - this is the series for you!
1. Black
2. Red
3. White
Be sure to get them in that order!
And look, they are only a couple bucks on Amazon - worth it!
Go on the journey - get wrapped up in the thriller. - Not the sort of book I usually read (5)
The Circle Trilogy - Black, and the subsequent Red and White - is not the sort of book I usually read but I was persuaded to try it by a friend who had read it and loved it. I thought I would listen to just enough to be able to say I tried but couldn't get into it - Boy was I wrong! About 2 CD's into the book, I was hooked and couldn't wait to find out what happened next in both worlds. The theological underpinnings of the story are revealing and profound while the two overlying stories are fast-paced, well-crafted, and intriguing with believable, fully-drawn characters. Really excellent and well worth the time investment. - Ugh! (1)
Ted Dekkers 'black' is a pointless story. paper thin charecters and a protagonist who is dumber than a box of nails does not make for compelling reading. part conservitive political thriller, part narnia, part matrix all crap.
i would recomend a deeper book than this on.
like the stuff 5 year olds read. - Beautiful trilogy... (5)
This is a review for the whole trilogy rather than the individual books. I found that I could not write a review for one book without referencing another, nor could I appreciate the beauty of one book without including the other two.
That said, I loved this story. I didn't think I would when I first started to read Black. The people were just so...well, mushy and loving. It drove me nuts. But I kept reading on the promise of a friend that it would get better.
Pretty soon I got used to the mushiness and recognized it as seeing love and innocence in its pureset form, untainted by sin and evil. After awhile it made me long for that same innocence and love and I teared up at the end of the book when sin corrupted that world.
Sure, the Christian sybology is really strong. Its supposed to be. That is the nature of this world Dekker wrote. Its not subtle...its black and white...and red. Extremes. Extreme evil, extreme love. Thats the way it is in the real world too...though we have succeeded in turning everything into shades of gray.
Sin, evil, love, redemption, sanctification, the law, hope, faith, did I mention love? All in this series. And more.