Red (Circle Trilogy) (U)

New 5th Anniversary Editions include Bonus Graphic Novels."We have stepped off the cliff and are falling into madness."The mind-bending pace of Black accelerates in Red, Book Two of Ted Dekker's epic Circle Series. Less than a month ago, Thomas Hunter was a failed writer selling coffee at the Java Hut in Denver. Now he finds himself in a desperate quest to rescue two worlds from collapse. In one world, he's a battle-scarred general commanding an army of primitive warriors. In the other, he's racing to outwit sadistic terrorists intent on creating global chaos through an unstoppable virus.Two worlds on the brink of destruction. One unthinkable solution.Enter an adrenaline-laced epic where dreams and reality collide. Nothing is as it seems, as Black turns to Red.Library JournalChristian suspense author Dekker continues his highly successful "Circle" trilogy (after Black, published in February) with protagonist (and failed writer) Thomas Hunter living in two alternating realities, each on the brink of mass destruction. When he falls asleep or is knocked unconscious, Thomas switches worlds. In the first, he is a 25-year-old trying to thwart terrorists from using the threat of biological warfare to gain global power. In the second, he is a 40-year-old army general leading a small band of warriors. Each world's survival depends on information he must gain in the other. The strength of this series is its fast-moving, action-packed plot. However, the conservative political overtones are transparent: the French prime minister is described as a weasel who will give in to terrorists' demands to save his own skin. Later on, a Frenchman is revealed to be the mastermind behind the deadly virus. Mixing politics and religion this way will make some readers uncomfortable. Recommended with reservations. Dekker lives in Colorado. [White, the third volume, will be released in October, the first time a trilogy has been published in less than a year.-Ed.] Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.