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The Sword (2010)

by Bryan M. Litfin(Favorite Author)

3.81 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

1433509253 (ISBN13: 9781433509254)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Crossway Books

series

Chiveis Trilogy

review 1: "The Sword" by Bryan Litfin is a futuristic novel about a professor/guardsman, Teo, and a peasant girl, Anastasia. The world as we know it has come to an end and a new society has begun. With the end of technology and science, the world has back tracked a little loosing the history and religion as well. In this novel, there is a group of gods that "rule" led by a High Priestess with an agenda. Teo develops a fondness for Anastasia, an independent, strong woman who lives on the outskirts of known society. When Anastasia is kidnapped Teo comes to her rescue. Teo then starts to question the religion of his world and develops an interest in the religion of the ancients. The people want to pray to someone and no longer trust the gods of their time.Normally I don't read f... moreuturistic or fantasy, but I kept coming back to this one. I kept thinking "where is this going?" Litfin does a good job of making things clear. There isn't any confusion as to what's going on as there can be in fantasy novels. I especially like how though Anastasia is the damsel in distress she never becomes wimpy. In fact she saves Teo's life more than once. I like this book and would especially recommend it to all fantasy fans, and even a few Christian fiction fans looking for something different than the usual romance. I received this book for free in exchange for an honest review from Beyond the Page.
review 2: My morning and evening bicycling commutes afford me the opportunity to listen to audiobooks I've been hoarding as freebies for at least a couple years.The Sword was captivating. Set in post-apocalyptic Earth, we "ancients" have been gone for over 400 years and new civilizations have taken root, with little to no knowledge in the general population about our modern-day society.While the target audience is likely Christian adults, I enjoyed that Litfin did not shy away from more intense elements of action/fantasy literature. Even almost uncomfortably detailed in an account of an occultic ritual.The book never got preachy in the least bit, although scenes dealing with the rediscovery of scripture seemed a bit clunky and shallow. I don't know how to remedy this, though, as it seems like it would be difficult to work in subtly.Was surprised a few moments ago to learn this is just the first of a trilogy. Perhaps in the summer I'll look for parts 2 and 3 in our library, as I doubt I'll find either for free as an audiobook offer. less

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