Red - Ted Dekker

Published in a omnibus edition as "The Circle Trilogy" : "Black"; "Red"; "White", by Thomas Nelson: Nashville, Tennessee, 2004.

The novel Red opens fifteen years after the events of Black, at least as far as one of the worlds protagonist Thomas Hunter lives in is concerned. In the other world - our world - only half an hour has passed, which is of benefit considering the gun currently pointed at his sleeping head...

Red keeps up the action-packed pace of its predecessor, along with continuing its Narnia-like allegorical allusions in the 'other' world. Whereas the first novel dealt in metaphors about creation and the fall, this one takes a little longer to figure out, with a few twists and turns keeping me guessing before things finally clicked into place.

When they do click into place, Dekker still manages to offer a few surprises and alterations to the familiar biblical stories which both make the reader ponder upon his choices, but also look for the metaphor.

Thomas' wife in the future world, Rachelle, has a bigger role in this instalment and becomes even more important as the story unfolds, as does Monique, the scientist and only sort-of love interest in 'our' world. And once again, the story ends on a cliffhanger, drawing the reader in to continue on with book three.

Completed 22 June 2020.


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