Sinner...The End or the Beginning?

 I have decided to break this next stop in the Ted Dekker adventure into two parts, as is the case in this book. We begin the conclusion of the Paradise Trilogy by catching up with two of the monastery students, Billy and Darcy to find that like Johnny, they were blessed (or cursed) with significant powers thanks to their run in with the Books of History. 

I'm sure most of you have heard the saying, "See No Evil. Speak No Evil. Hear No Evil."? Well this book takes that to the next level. Each of their gifts relates back to that saying, which is illustrated on the left. Johnny has the gift of making people see the truth, Darcy has the gift of speaking the truth, while Billy has the gift of hearing the truth (being everyone's thoughts). 

Ted chooses to take us on an epic adventure in this conclusion, throwing the three grown children back into the past that brought them together. Once again, Paradise will be forced to face the evil in which Billy created, but on a much grander scale. In an attempt to create harmony among the melting pot that is America, laws are passed to increase religious tolerance. In other words, no one is allowed to speak of their religion while speaking against others. There is no one God, no Way is the only Way, etc. Johnny decides to bring one final showdown to Paradise and asks 3,000 believers to stand up against Billy and Darcy who have used their gifts to take over Washington D.C. (Hence the illustration on the bottom accompanied with a quote from the book). 

Will Marsuvees and his evil plot finally prevail, or will the Light once again prevail? Stay tuned for the next post to find out what happens next in the Rise and Fall of Marsuvees Black.