Kasia's Reviews > Black: The Birth of Evil

Ted Dekker is a magician when it comes to creating a book this astounding, this addictive, and this breathtaking. It held a strong grip on me and has left me spellbound from the beginning to the very end. There is no relief at the last page; instead it left me begging for more. The story ends on a high note and only promises a more delectable part 2 that I can't wait to read.

The book starts innocently enough; Thomas is on his way back home in Denver when a shooting brings him down into another reality. A bullet that grazes his head opens a portal to an alternate world, more magical and enticing than his ours has ever been. This prohibits him from sleeping when he goes to bed; instead he wakes up in a black forest inhabited by black bats with strong wings and with magic water that would give him some unforeseen knowledge and power. It seems to mirror his own world in more mysterious ways that he can imagine. A great plague is about to be unleashed and he must use his wild dreams to find a solution and salvation on Earth, his mother planet and all its unaware inhabitants. Unable to choose which world is really real, the lush green forests with and opposite black side or the threat of biological warfare that is somehow timed to him, Thomas must suspend his entire knowledge of science and reality and swim into an unknown world that somehow knows him.

What is real and what is fiction, who amongst the characters is God and who is really evil? Ted Dekker takes an enormous plunge with this novel and delivers something that is beyond reading, this book shook me to the core and left me panting for more, wonderful, strong and fast and well thought out. The Circle trilogy starts of strong, with the creatures of the black forest and the inhabitants of the colored ones that only seem to exist in dreams, but they know about life and death to the point where Thomas starts to doubt humanity and it's existence, is it all a dream? Part of the book seems like folklore and others are very depend on those imaginary parts, this tale is a fantastic ride for those who love to read.

Very profound and thought invoking this book is a force greater than I can describe, it simply has to be experienced! Ted Dekker should be on top of everyone's list, his books reach into the subconscious lever and bring out the questions and fears that force us to look deep into the limits of our minds and space; it forces us to acknowledge the infinite possibilities of what life really is all about. This book is the first chapter in a whole set of tales so out of this world that they are almost indescribable. This is what reading is all about, juicy stories with non-stop adrenaline pumped action.