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Summary: Powerful and well written
Review: The Christ Clone Trilogy is easily one of the best fiction stories I've ever read. The final book in the trilogy, Acts of God, ends the story with the force of a knock out punch. BeauSeigneur slowly increases the tension to the breaking point, culminating in the final battle between good and evil. And what a battle it is! Sides are chosen and only the people who chose wisely prevail. The last book hurtles the reader to the final confrontation at a breakneck speed...and the reader gladly goes along for the ride. A fantastic ending to a stunning series of books. Who is this guy James BeauSeigneur and why isn't he writing more books!!!
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Summary: The worst of the triology
Review: The first two books of the triology were extremely well writen and did not give away the end in advance. They had one thinking that some good might come from the new age. Acts of god gave away the end too soon, shortly after the middle one could know that it was hopeless for the Antichrist and his followers.
One other thing, while it would seem that the author himself believes what is writen in the bible. The end in Acts of God highly suggest an exclusive view as to who would go to heaven.
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Summary: Darkness
Review: This last book in The Christ Clone Trilogy is, not surprisingly, built upon the foundation of error that was laid in the first two. I cannot emphasize enough that Mr BeauSeigneur lacks almost completely a true understanding of prophesied events and therefore must rely on his significant talents as an imaginative writer to incorporate the scriptures into this self-proclaimed work of fiction. Having said that I must admit I enjoyed the series because of its fast-paced and suspenseful nature but also because of some of his insights into the root necessity for the Tribulation and particularly his descriptions of the raw experience of some of the plagues, most notably his interpretation of the fifth vial plague. In Rev.16:10-11 it says:
v.10 And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the seat of the beast; and his kingdom was full of darkness; and they gnawed their tongues for pain,
v.11 And blasphemed YAHOWAH of Heaven because of their pains and sores, and repented not of their deeds.
BeauSeigneur interprets this darkness comparable to the darkness that was one of the plagues of Egypt and I'm not sure if that is what it means but his description is so great it bears quoting. "Decker" is someone who has not repented to YAHOWAH but he hasn't taken the mark of the beast either and he wakes up to an inexplicable fear,
"Drawn by the light, Decker rose from his bed to open the window. But as he looked out from his second-floor bedroom, the faceless terror that had awakened him took on a loathsome and ghastly form. Seeping upward out of the ground below his window and everywhere he could see, a hideous evil oozed like black puss, obscuring everything it covered. In only seconds it grew from simple puddling in the low-lying areas to a depth that obscured the ground completely. Decker's curiosity, normally one of his strongest drives, was utterly silenced by the stark panic that consumed him. He did not want to know what the darkness was; he did not need to know. He knew already. It was evil ---the sum total of all the evil that had been done upon the earth----every murder, every lie, every rape, every torture, every act of cannibalism, every beating of an innocent, every human sacrifice, every brutal mutilation of a child, every gulag, every pogrom, every death camp of every war, every slaughter of the blameless, every cruelty to a helpless animal, every destructive act upon the earth itself, All of it had been absorbed and held in by the earth until it could be held no longer, and now it gushed forth like nefarious vomit."
No wonder YAHOWAH says "the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now, and not only they but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body. For we are saved by hope........" Romans 8:22-24
The next few pages describe the unimaginable torment and terror which accompanies the blackness. Though no outside force attacks or threatens it is the very darkness itself that feeds the imagination to the point of paralysis. I saw a woman on TV once who had experienced a "near death" event where she had wound up in hell. She described the torturing demons, the unrelenting screams and the fear and darkness but she said nothing compared or could describe the absolute horror of the utter hopelessness. She said there was nothing that could torture the human soul more than an eternal and complete absence of hope. The darkness described in Exodus and here is one of complete absence of light and we know from YAHOWAH's Word that light is truth and that YAHO-Hoshu-WAH is the Way the Truth and the Light. He is our hope and salvation. Without Him we have no hope only darkness. BeauSeigneur continues:
"When the darkness subsided after three days, its black murkiness seeping back into the earth just as it had arrived, Decker found himself lying on his bed unharmed. Dried feces lay smeared on the bed around him and caked on his hips and back. The room stank from the feces, urine, and sweat, but having been in the room with it for so long, he did not smell it.
There was no thought of getting up to wash. Now that he no longer feared to move, he did not have the strength to do so. His jaws and teeth and head ached so badly from three days and nights of clenching and grinding that he was not certain he would survive the pain. Gently he moved his tongue along the inside of his cheeks trying to assess the damage. Loose flaps of flesh and deep ulcers revealed the pieces he had unknowingly bitten off in his torment. His tongue, too, was badly gnawed, and he could only assume the missing bits of flesh lay scattered around him on the bed or had been swallowed, washed down by the warm blood that still seeped from the wounds."
Powerful stuff.
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Summary: Just When You Think You've Read it All!
Review: This trilogy now ranks as one of my favorite series ever. I was awed by the premise of the first book "In His Image," blown away by the pace of the second "Birth of an Age," and absolutely floored by the payoff of the third "Acts of God." James BeauSeigneur starts this book in the middle of the Anti-christ's deceptive maneuvers. Once again, we follow the false messiah's aide (and father-figure), Decker Hawthorne, as he works for the United Nations, helping bring promised peace and prosperity to the planet under the guise of the New Age. BeauSeigneur dives straight into the action in this final book of "The Christ Clone Trilogy." He unravels the truth behind some of the characters' backgrounds, gives a rousing defense of Yeshua as Messiah, and then leads us straight into the terror of the plagues of Revelation. The biblical accuracy in this fictional setting is superlative. With passion and no-holds-barred writing, BeauSeigneur exposes us to horrors beyond what we might've imagined while thumbing clinically through the prophecies. He brings these ideas and truths home, slamming them into our heads after having tickled our ears. When we reach the climax, the moment of Decker Hawthorne's confrontation with his own son, the author tells the story with unsettling and stunning clarity. Even the cover photo will send chills down your spine after concluding this novel. This series, while entertaining me, renewed my interest in the end-time prophecies and my commitment to 'stand firm.' To bypass "The Christ Clone Trilogy" is to miss out on a treat. To skip this final book is to miss the whole point. Simply put, you can't afford to avoid the "Acts of God."
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Summary: A Near Perfect Conclussion to Trilogy
Review: WARNING: The chances of you enjoying ACTS OF GOD without previously having read the first two novels of the Christ Clone Trilogy is lessened greatly.
The author's finale is grand picking up the action where he left off in IN HIS IMAGE, the second entry in series. Christopher is busy as the Secretary General of the UN preparing a de-populated humanity for the New Age. Decker Hawthorne his left hand man (and ironically posible betrayer) gets kidnapped again this time by the KDP and fundamentalists just before he can receive the communion. (The communion is taken to expand human's lifespans and decrease disease and all who have partaken of this treatment bear a mark as predicted in Revelations.) Doubts begin to stir in Decker Hawthorne's mind as he is treated well by his "captors" and has debates over religion with them.
This last title is full of action. Many things happen heralding the dawn of a New Age, and the Apocolypse. de Beauseigneur narrates in the same style sa his other novels as an objective observer stating the action as signs permeate the story. He also very clearly reinforces his warnings written prefacing each title by ending his dark, mysterious trilogy in a very Christian manner. Disposed are some of the controversial ideas espoused in earlier titles. He does not preach to the reader yet very clearly states that his characters reflect his own religious beliefs and seems to use his novelization as a platform to critique where society is heading, (away from faith in powers greater than themselves.) So on this score I would pat him on the back and call him successful.
My quibbles are similiar to the first two volumes. While the story telling is overall exciting, there are moments when I felt a less detached narration may have been useful. One of his footnotes was wrong, and almost made me put off reading this thrilling conclusion indefinitely. Luckily for me I lay to rest the miffed reference and enjoyed the action reach its stunning and worthy finale.
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