The Eternity Gene

Hughes does a marvelous thing in his two novels: he makes a seminary professor into something of an action hero, without requiring him to do out-of-character physical stunts. Yes, the cereberal spiritual types can be super heroes--mostly by trusting their God. Another strength for the Fallen/Eternity Gene series is that the belief that demons might appear as aliens, or as the gods of the B.C. era is played out intelligently. It was particularly useful for Hughes to show the demons to be limited, uncreative, and often defeated by their own depravity. Human characters who take their work seriously, but barter their souls foolishly, others who follow the rules--and admonish those who don't--even when the rule-makers are demons (shades of Nazi Germany here), and other such subplots and vignettes made this a stimulating novel. Bottom-line: Hughes two-part series is intelligent, well-paced, and yet reads comfortably. I doubt they will get the exposure and sales they deserve, but readers ought to treat themselves to these "sleeper gems." The one pitfall for Eternity Gene is that readers will not be able to fully enjoy it without reading the Fallen first.

This books has all the elements. Its fast paced. It combineshistory and religion. Any history buff will love its way of revisiting historical places in modern terms. All lovers of God'sWord will enjoy how the main character handles himself in unusualpredicaments. Excellent dialogue.