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Ted Dekker, Tosca LeeCenter Street / 2012 / Trade PaperbackOur Price$18.994.7 out of 5 stars for Forbidden, Books of Mortals Series #1, Softcover. View reviews of this product. 26 Reviews
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DeidreeABoissevain, ManitobaAge: 25-34Gender: female5 Stars Out Of 5March 1, 2013DeidreeABoissevain, ManitobaAge: 25-34Gender: femaleQuality: 5Value: 5Meets Expectations: 5This review was written for Forbidden, Books of Mortals Series #1, Hardcover.It was an awesome book, just like all of Ted Dekker's other work :)! It kept me on the edge of my seat the whole way through!
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JarroChester, VAAge: Under 18Gender: male5 Stars Out Of 5A book you DON'T want to miss out on!September 21, 2011JarroChester, VAAge: Under 18Gender: maleQuality: 5Value: 5Meets Expectations: 5This review was written for Forbidden, Books of Mortals Series #1, Hardcover.Forbidden is a heart wrenching, adrenaline pumping, mind opening story of life, death, and true emotion. If you want to know the setting watch the trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yXgkNP889E
Being an avid Ted Dekker reader I am prone to have a more fanatical view of the book than other readers, but thankfully that is possible. Thankfully we live in a world of love, pain and emotion. Those in the book Forbidden do not have that luxury. I give this book 5 stars in every area because I love it, and because even if you don't like reading it I'm sure you will still be exposed to the truth and value of full emotion and being fully human. Fully MORTAL! -
girlsmamaEdgewood, WAAge: 45-54Gender: female5 Stars Out Of 5Dekker and Lee- the Dynamic DuoAugust 23, 2011girlsmamaEdgewood, WAAge: 45-54Gender: femaleQuality: 5Value: 5Meets Expectations: 5This review was written for Forbidden, Books of Mortals Series #1, Hardcover.There are just certain things that apart, truly are great all by themselves, but if you were to combine these two things, you get an end result that is quite remarkable. For example- love peanut butter, love chocolate, together they are amazing. Then there's Batman and Robin- both very cool crime-fighters in their own right, but put them together and you have the Dynamic Duo. This is of course what you get when you combine fast paced, adrenaline producing, NY times bestselling author Ted Dekker ( Batman- hah!) and the breathtakingly passionate and fearless writing of Tosca Lee and put them together. The term "Dynamic duo", doesn't really do them justice with their combined offering of "Forbidden".
Forbidden gives us a futuristic dystopian society where geneticists or "alchemists" in the book have figured out a way to eliminate all emotions in the human race, with the exception of fear, deemed a necessary emotion for survival of the race. Imagine a society where your only emotion permitted you, is fear, sounds a little dreary, huh? This is how we find our main character "Rom" as the novel opens. But very quickly he finds himself in a situation that puts him in trouble with the authorities. He is chosen to carry something of extreme value by an underground group called "the keepers" which are being hunted down and eliminated to get the very thing that is now in Rom's possession- and what is it? Why it's the key to "life" of course, or at least life as it used to be and was created to be. Rom now finds himself discovering what it means to be truly alive and realizing that he has a responsibility to wake up the world around him to real life. That is rather a daunting challenge and you will meet the different characters along the way that help him in that challenge.
I honestly didn't want to go into too much detail in this review as I really don't want to rob the reader of the pleasure of discovering this amazing story as it unfolds before you. Yes, I would agree that Forbidden has the feel of the "Circle series" of Dekker fame, and the lovely prose of Tosca Lee is certainly apparent on the pages. I found it to be truly a fascinating read and loved the storyline and characters because it was passionate, fast- paced, and a story that completely draws you in. I will say that it's not for the faint of heart, some of the scenes are quite graphic with regards to the violence. At one point I was thinking, "EW, why did they choose to do that?" But even with that said, I feel that with these authors, I really trust them, and think it was necessary to show the depth of the struggle. There is some definite heartbreak in this novel as well, but the allegories are rich for sure and a novel well worth reading. All I can say is bring on "Mortals", the next offering in this series, I will be waiting with baited breath. (5 stars)
I graciously received a free digital copy of this book from the publisher Center Street through the Netgalley program in exchange for an honest review. I was not obligated to write a positive review. All opinions expressed are my own. -
bookwomanjoanOak Harbor, WAAge: Over 65Gender: Female5 Stars Out Of 5great first book in a new seriesAugust 20, 2011bookwomanjoanOak Harbor, WAAge: Over 65Gender: FemaleQuality: 5Value: 5Meets Expectations: 5This review was written for Forbidden, Books of Mortals Series #1, Hardcover.The time is five centuries in the future. The age of chaos, before man evolved out of his slavery to emotions, is past. The world narrowly avoided apocalyptic destruction. Now there are seven governments with the supreme in Byzantine (Rome) ruler of them all.
Rom, son of Elais, has thrust upon him a vial of blood and a piece of vellum with strange writing. As the novel progresses we learn that the eradication of all emotion except fear was accomplished by a virus crafted to change humanity's DNA. The pathogen was named Legion and altered the genetic code, dulling all emotions except fear.
The blood is a serum that allows a person to feel emotions again, to truly be human. It is a remnant from the chaos era and has been kept all this time by a clandestine group called the order of Keepers.
There are only five doses of blood in the vial. Rom and four others drink the blood and begin a harried journey to protect the world from disaster and bring its people back to true humanity. The sovereign to be helps Rom translate the vellum. It predicts a boy would be born who would be a ruler bringing the people back to their true humanity. Rom and his friends search for the boy to protect him and arrange for his being brought to rule. The boy is "alive." The virus will fight to eradicate the pure blood in his body.
And we are set up for the next book in what looks like will be a trilogy.
This is a captivating novel. As with the Circle Trilogy, the entire aspect of gospel symbolism may not be understood until the series is completed. But already we have the blood, the evil virus named Legion, sacrificial dying, the Maker, and the impending war of good and evil. The emphasis of this novel is the essential nature of emotions to being human. "Without that suffering, there would be no true pleasure. Without tears, no joy. ... This is the secret of the human heart..."
Dekker says he wanted to write something like he has never done before so collaborated with Lee. The two have crafted an exciting novel.
Be aware that the novel contains some gruesome aspects, graphic and violent death, for example. But then, the battle between good and evil has never been tidy.
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AugieCanastota, NYAge: 55-65Gender: male5 Stars Out Of 5February 3, 2012AugieCanastota, NYAge: 55-65Gender: maleQuality: 5Value: 5Meets Expectations: 5This review was written for Forbidden - eBook.good stuff, can't wait to see where it goes from here!
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