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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN num: 9780842384421
ISBN number: 0842384421
Label: Tyndale House Publishing houses
Manufacturer: Tyndale House Publishing houses
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 384
Printing Date: May 08, 2006
Publishing house: Tyndale House Publishing houses
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Helius, Nero's most trusted advisor, anticipates the death of his sworn enemy, the legendary warrior Gallus Sergius Vitas, scheduled to die a gruesome death in the arena. However, the badly beaten man who appears in the amphitheater is not who he seems. Rescued by a stranger and given a mysterious scroll, Vitas is told that he must decipher this letter to find the answers he needs, a letter that Helius is also determined to decipher and to keep hidden from Nero. As Nero's reign of terror grows, so does his circle of enemies.
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I was hesitant to read this, still having the bad taste in my mouth from trying to read the Left Behind series. This book, as well as its prequel The Last Disciple, are exciting reads that don't hit you over the head with the author's personal interpretations ever few lines.
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Very interesting book of this period of time after the crucifiction of Christ and the persecution of the early Christians.
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I liked this book as well as the very first of the series (The Last Disciple). As I said in my review of The Last Disciple, it provides both a good read (not as good as The Last Disciple in my opinion) and makes the preterist's view of end-times a compelling alternative to the futurist view taken in the Left Behind series.
BTW: At the time of this post, I haven't heard anything about the subsequent book (the third one) in the series....but this book (book two) really left me wanting for the subsequent one.
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The Last Sacrifice is the second book in the Last Disciple series (currently only two books in the series). It most definitely challenges the belief held by the majority of Christians that the antichrist has yet to come and that all end time prophecies will be fulfilled in the future. In this series, it is basing the idea off the fact that many of the end time prophecies were fulfilled during Nero's reign. The section at the end of each book helps their belief and I would suggest reading it very first before starting the novel itself.
My critique on this book is much like it was for The Last Disciple in that the story line itself is very interesting and the way the authors include so much detail about Jerusalem, the Roman empire, and the culture of that time period is amazing and that alone might make this novel worth reading. The writing style itself though tends to make me want to shy away from recommending this book to others though. I forced myself through it but often wanted to just quit and move on to something more entertaining. The reason for this is the way the writers jump back and forth between story lines and they enter and exit characters with no introduction or notice.
The Last Sacrifice is written better than the Last Disciple in that it tries to stick to one story line for a few chapters and then it drops it for a long time much to my disapointment...guess you can't have it both ways.
My only other complaint for the Last Disciple series is this, the Last Sacrifice has an ending that has to lead into another book in the series, yet in all my research I could not find out when the subsequent novel will be released!!! It is one thing to have a cliffhanger and be anxious to read the subsequent but know you have to wait 6 months, it is another to not even know if they will publish the subsequent novel. That is another reason I am not sure I would ever recommend this book to anybody else at least until the series is closer to being complete.
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While I disagree with the authors' interpretation of who the antichrist and the beast is, I still find this book fascinating. The story was full of plot twists that kept me guessing till the end. I may not agree with their interpretation of the book of Revelation, but this story contains a few gems of its own, like faith under persecution and Christ's grace in times of trial. The book was well written and clearly well researched. The characters seem realistic and the plots are well developed.
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