Cloning Christ: A Challenge of Science and Faith

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Summary: ONE OF THE BEST WRITERS TODAY...FAST PACED THRILLER...
Review: Peter Senese is a brilliant writer. Character, plot and settings take equal part in this fast-paced, suspenseful plot. It is complicated and intriguing, and the suspense is sustained right up to the end. This books is being made into a movie that will keep you on the edge of your seat from beginning to end. Be sure to watch for its release.

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Summary: Simple Grammer Needed
Review: Rarely have I been so irritated by a book. Did they not employ spell check or a copy editor? Beyond the glaring grammatical errors, the title should have been "They Think I'm Going To Clone Christ, But I'm Not, Really!" This book could have been an inspired work raising many theological and moral questions but ended up third rate blood and guts.

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Summary: Great use of symbolism and biblical reference
Review: In Cloning Christ the authors use of symbolism and biblical references in order to drive a story evolving around faith is terrific - making this thriller a smart read.

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Summary: A passionate story of faith.
Review: CLONING CHRIST and the story of Max Train is a passionate story of faith few writers, if any I have read, have come close to achieving. In the context of an international thriller that keeps the pages turning as quick as your eyes can move, Senese and Geis educate the reader about a host of important issues evolving around Jesus, and His resurection, while making you feel the burdens the story's main character carry. I don't think I ever read a book that made me connect with a character the way I felt about Max Train while reading CLONING CHRIST. I'm ready for QUEST!

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Summary: For a thriller, this was one inspirational book.
Review: Cloning Christ is an action packed novel that brings to the forefront of the readers mind many topical and traditional issues around personal faith, and introspective acceptance of how far science could or should not go. Boundaries through the authors' questioning of ethics and rights, which are distinctively made clear as seperate, bring together and apart the deeply thought out characters, while allowing the reader to question the very same issues the characters deal with in this tense, riveting spell-binder. On a personal note, I think I have been through my own personal hell, and have bounced back through my faith in God. Cloning Christ is a terrific book.

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Summary: CLONING CHRIST kept my attention.
Review: I'll keep this short: I thought Cloning Christ was a very clever book which dealt with our own internal desires to beleive in a Higher Being. The story flows crisply, the character developement is very strong, and the issues the authors present are important. I would say if you enjoyed The Da Vinci code, and I did, you will want to pick up Cloning Christ.

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Summary: A rush!
Review: One of the more clever aspects of the fast-paced and provocative spins by Peter Senese in his latest novel, CLONING CHRIST, is how the author didn't force traditional facets of Christiandom onto the reader, but carefully create a thrilling set of scenarios that enivitably bring your thoughts about your own existance. If you're like me and like fast-paced suspense, I think you'll love CLONING CHRIST. With so many books calling themselves suspense/thrillers/mystery, etc, it is actually a treat when you locate a book that keeps you on your seat, or couch. This is one of those books you don't put down.

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Summary: A Gripping Tale!
Review: Senese compels you to embark upon this gripping tale of an outcast, faithless scientist who becomes the possible discoverer of the Cross of Christ by mesmerizing the reader's own conscious state of thought by subtly challenging you to think about the theological and scientific subject matter the author presents. Very few novels I have read actually left a longing impact. "Cloning Christ" does. In his thrill-ride titled "Cloning Christ" Senese provokes the challenge of how science should respect faith, and how religion should seek truth in science. Simply put: Outstanding.

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Summary: Enjoyable.
Review: In Cloning Christ I was forced to think about many religious ideals, some I tried to live by, and others I attempted to follow during convienent times of my life. In his message of sorts, Senese easily made me think about my own faith. But make no mistake; Cloning Christ is literally a punch-in-your-face action pact speed-chase. Like Senese's main character, Train, the reader enters onto a frenetic journey. I enjoyed this book, and if you like thought-provoking thrillers you will find a lot to enjoy in this book.

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Summary: A book worth reading.
Review: Cloning Christ is a book worth reading. The authors share well-thought-out perspectives on subject matter I, like most readers today, may be keenly interested in. The approach, through rhetorical creativity, is to bring the reader and the story's protagonist together as one. The irony is that I found myself at times contemplating who the main character in this wonderful story is: is it The True Cross, or is the protagonist the discoverer of this cross; Max Train? Either way, you will are about to enter onto a journey I know I appreciated!
Contemporary fiction requires a process of active fact-gathering: the ability of an author to understand the root and context of past historical events in order to give credible life to a storyteller's work of art. In order for contemporary fiction to have believability a critical necessity is currency - that a writer get on the story's subject matter in a timely manner so that the intended message of the story will have an opportunity to reach an audience to whom the writer directs his or her words to.
In 'Cloning Christ', Peter Senese and Robert Geis thrust the reader into a spell-binding, mind absorbing story of currency as the issues of genetic 'human cloning' drive the criterion of currency, while displaying a unique ability of taken a 2,000 year old occurrence - the crucifixion of Jesus, and re-creating Jesus' possible birth through the tormented struggles 'Cloning Christ's' main character, Dr. Max Train, must endure as innovative life is given to wooden boards 2,000 years old.
The possible rebirth of Jesus, for many Christ, is innovatively created through the author's artful storytelling that essentially hands the possible True Cross of Jesus to the reader, and then says here's the Cross, what do you want to do with it? Unfortunately, the reader, and for this matter, Dr. Train, never have too long to think about what to do with this ancient discovery since one dark ambush after another seems to be waiting for 'The Cross-Bearer'. The thoughtfully juxtaposed ideals of good vs. evil are carefully carried out in the continued confrontation Dr. Train faces as he carries this Cross out of Jerusalem, and into a chaotic world of unknowns waiting for him at every turn.
'Cloning Christ' is innovative in that this is not, in my opinion, a story that can easily fall in the category of 'Christian Fiction' even though there are complete overtures towards Christianity. As Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code shares with the reader the history of certain aspects of Christendom, Senese and Geis focus, within the primary context of Christian faith, though broadly inclusionary to other religions, is focused on the nurturing of the soul through faith. Senese's handling of Jesus' Cross, which he happily hands to you and artfully says 'what do you do next - and, who do you really think it is - Jesus or Christ - that you're holding in your hand?
Artfully, thoughtfully, and valuably innovatively, Senese hands the reader the past, the present, and the future, and challenges you to look within at your own life and values, though never giving you too much time to stand still because there exists two uniquely created dark forces: the self-righteous man, Anselm Cardinal Mugant, and the prelate's Master, an assassin known to one as Sergio, and to a select few as The Scorpion, who are after 'The Cross-Bearer'. Innovatively, the partnership between the prelate and his confessor are filled with many twisted plots and subplots that enthrall the reader, while allowing the author an opportunity to subtlety provide insight on the behaviors of narcissism and self-righteousness.
Overall, 'Cloning Christ' is an outstanding novel. This is creative fiction at its best.