The Fall of Marsuvees Black

The Light defeating the darkness is a recurring theme in Ted Dekker's library. One of my favorite quotes (which is also in this book) is, "the Light came into the darkness and the darkness did not understand it."

Whether you are spiritual or not, you cannot have darkness where there is light. It is a thought that is both simple yet complex at the same time.

I think Ted does his best job with this theme with Marsuvees Black. He is so dark and sinister, brought to life by a thirteen-year-old boy who was brought up to be pure of heart.

That same thirteen-year-old boy must now face his creation and choose whether he wants to allow the Light into his heart or to be forever swallowed by the darkness he allowed to take hold several years ago. As the visual above suggests, with the help of his friends, Johnny and Darcy, Billy is finally able to see the truth and accept the Light. Because Marsuvees is the darkness and has come from Billy, the two cannot co-exist and Marsuvees is banished once and for all.

For all of you that love Marsuvees as much as I do, fear not–you have not heard the last of good old Marsuvees. He kept busy between all of the showdowns in Paradise and used several pages of the Books of History to spawn some of his own evil. Pay attention when reading Ted's thrillers and you may just catch a glimpse of one the literary world's greatest villains.

Guard your hearts, keep the Light on and banish the Marsuvees Black's of the world.