What Our Eyes Have Witnessed The Zombie Bible eBook Stant Litore
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Biblical tales retold as episodes in humanity's battle with the ravenous undead. This series can be read in any order.
Ancient Rome. Regina endures a death-in-life as a slave in the Subura, the ancient world's most terrible ghetto -- until a strange man sees her suffering and gives her a coat, a new name, and a new life.
The man is Polycarp, and he has the Gift of gazing into the eyes of the hungry dead and granting them rest -- a Gift that comes at a terrible cost. And ancient Rome may burn him for it.
It is AD 98. Polycarp and Regina -- their faith and their love -- will be tested as they have never imagined. And their story will shake you to the heart.
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"If I could write a one-word review, it would be Wow. I still can't get over the beautiful horror of Litore's writing. Regina was a breathtaking character who stole the show for me. Even as I write this review, my eyes mist over. Highly recommended." - Jennifer Bielman, Reading and Writing Urban Fantasy
"Gruesome and human and lyrical and horrible, The Zombie Bible is like nothing you have ever read. Once you're in, you'll stay." - S.G. Redling, author of Flowertown and Damocles
What Our Eyes Have Witnessed The Zombie Bible eBook Stant Litore
After reading the first book of this series by Stant Litore which I reviewed on an earlier date on my blog. I started thinking... maybe there needs to be a revision to the rating system? Because 5 stars is the highest rating, and this book is a 5 star plus.I very enthusiastically picked up this second installment already expecting great things. And once again, Mr. Litore failed to disappoint. His writing is superb. His imagery is engaging. Once again, I was punched in the gut, but most definitely in the soul, with the depth of his story telling.
Whereas in the first book I relished in the zombie deliciousness of gory images and death, and faintly attuning into the surprisingly profound story of its main character, I was fully prepared for it in this book. Yet, even so, this book took me by surprise, and stunned me with its incredible underlying plot line of such well developed characters whose faith was tested, again and again, and stood strong before the utter hopelessness of their situation.
Set in Roman times in this installment, we follow different characters now. One man who struggles with his love for Rome, and his idea of honor while he faces the horrors that surround him and threaten to break him. Another man who has been entrusted by God with an amazing gift, and persecuted for it, even though it can prove to be Rome's salvation. A woman who yearns for stature, and betrays those that took her in for a richer piece of clothing. Another, who was a slave and treated worse than a mangy dog, who found love and a sense of self whose unwavering faith makes her stronger than the strongest Roman. All intricately woven into a fantastic story that keeps you on the very edge of your seat.
One paragraph in this book hit me deeply. Made me think differently of what I was reading. I have a hate and love relationship with Zombies. I cheer for their demise, the dirty rotting walking fiends, may they die a thousand pulverizing incredible deaths!! But this paragraph changed my perspective forever.
" It is a fearful thing, yet something each of us yearns for - to be naked before God or before another human being. To be intimate and loved for who we truly are. And if this is so with you who live, it is so, too, with the dead. Think of how burdened your hearts are. Those who die so burdened yearn and hunger even in death. Desiring intimacy, they rise and devour, for consuming another is the only way they know to take another into themselves. But I think there is one very great difference between the dead and the living. If I were to touch one of the dead and gaze into its eyes, it would be far readier than any of you to lay down its burdens and rest. "
How amazingly profound, that paragraph. Each rotting corpse was once a person too, with dreams and hopes... and now all they can do is shamble about in horrible hunger.
Sigh... Thanks Stant. Now I feel that unwelcome feeling of sympathy. Now you have made me think profoundly and with sadness about those poor souls...
...
K enough of that! Time to read some "Walking Dead" graphic novels!
(for the original review please visit the Bookluvrs Website)
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What Our Eyes Have Witnessed The Zombie Bible eBook Stant Litore Reviews
I enjoyed this read. Even knowing how it was going to end for the most part I still found myself drawn to the atmosphere and style of language.
It was difficult to read about people blaming the zombie plague on certain religious groups, knowing that this happens so much still. None of the characters in these books really take any responsibility for the predicament they're in except those that are fortunate to have a direct link with "God". I put that in quotation marks as I'm agnostic myself. However, it didn't distract from my enjoyment of the read. More than anything this is a story about acceptance, forgiveness, and judgment. The zombies are truly a secondary fixture in this series.
Although this is called the "Zombie Bible", it really isn't about religion at all and the zombies take a side-step to allow for the human condition to be the main part of the story. Another great thing is that these can all be read as stand alone stories, they don't follow the same characters and, even though the timeline does flow forward, there are no overlapping stories.
I’m not sure I’ve ever read a book like this one before. I’ve read zombie stories (who hasn’t?) and I’ve read Christian horror novels (Frank Peretti and the like), but I’ve never read both together at the same time.
Ok, I must also admit – I’m really not a huge fan of zombies. For me, the whole zombie apocalypse is over. Seriously. And I haven’t even read any of Jonathan Maberry’s books either.
It’s just over.
Until I read WHAT OUR EYES HAVE WITNESSED by Stant Litore.
Now, don’t get me wrong. Stant’s not a Christian writer. And with books out like THE ANSIBLE SERIES, it’s difficult to pigeon-hole him or to put him in a box with neatly defined edges, because that’s not what he is.
WHAT OUR EYES HAVE WITNESSED is a retelling of the story of Polycarp, a 2nd century Christian martyr, burned at the stake, then stabbed when the flames didn’t touch him (thanks, Wikipedia). The story is set in Rome and deals with the early Christian sects that had to hide in order to share the word of god.
However there’s a twist. Polycarp, the deaconess Regina, and his followers share the Eucharist, the bread and wine that Jesus has told his disciples to share “in remembrance of” him. The sacrilege of worshipping another god instead of following Roman traditions is supposedly what is bringing the dead to life again.
I can’t do this book justice in a review. It’s not a book about Christianity, however it is a story about one of the early sects of Christians, when Christians had to hide their beliefs for fear of being called blasphemers.
It’s not a straight-up zombie story, one that will scare you into the middle of the night where you’ll have to sleep with the lights on, for fear of shuffling and moaning sounds beating at your door.
It’s a full-on zombie Christian story (jokes about Zombie Jesus aside).
Now that kind of sounds like a joke. Something you used to be able to find in the B-rated section at the local video store. Now, maybe on Netflix or Video-on-Demand.
Instead, what we have is a deep look into the early Christian church with zombies and Stant gives pretty valid reasons for zombies to exist. There is gore, as one would expect in a book with zombies, but it’s not the focus.
No, the focus of the book is the characters – all of them. Stant’s characterization defies description – it’s been a long while since I’ve read anything so beautiful with the ability to drag you down into the lake and to keep you there by using description, deep point-of-view and characterization. (You can learn more about the way Stant creates and writes his characters in his book for writers, Write Characters Your Readers Won’t Forget A Toolkit for Emerging Writers.)
Regina was my favorite character — she reminds me of me in a way. My past is not all that… spotless… yet when I became Kari Wolfe and had my daughter and moved away, I could become whoever I wanted to be. Still working on that, but she gives me hope it can be accomplished.
And as Stant told me, it wasn’t all that easy for Regina to change, and in the book, you see her turmoil from going from what she was to who she decides ultimately that she wants to be.
It’s a very touching book with a message that came straight from the story, but is not trying to convert you to Christianity, but to give you hope, hope for your own future.
I loved this book.
After reading the first book of this series by Stant Litore which I reviewed on an earlier date on my blog. I started thinking... maybe there needs to be a revision to the rating system? Because 5 stars is the highest rating, and this book is a 5 star plus.
I very enthusiastically picked up this second installment already expecting great things. And once again, Mr. Litore failed to disappoint. His writing is superb. His imagery is engaging. Once again, I was punched in the gut, but most definitely in the soul, with the depth of his story telling.
Whereas in the first book I relished in the zombie deliciousness of gory images and death, and faintly attuning into the surprisingly profound story of its main character, I was fully prepared for it in this book. Yet, even so, this book took me by surprise, and stunned me with its incredible underlying plot line of such well developed characters whose faith was tested, again and again, and stood strong before the utter hopelessness of their situation.
Set in Roman times in this installment, we follow different characters now. One man who struggles with his love for Rome, and his idea of honor while he faces the horrors that surround him and threaten to break him. Another man who has been entrusted by God with an amazing gift, and persecuted for it, even though it can prove to be Rome's salvation. A woman who yearns for stature, and betrays those that took her in for a richer piece of clothing. Another, who was a slave and treated worse than a mangy dog, who found love and a sense of self whose unwavering faith makes her stronger than the strongest Roman. All intricately woven into a fantastic story that keeps you on the very edge of your seat.
One paragraph in this book hit me deeply. Made me think differently of what I was reading. I have a hate and love relationship with Zombies. I cheer for their demise, the dirty rotting walking fiends, may they die a thousand pulverizing incredible deaths!! But this paragraph changed my perspective forever.
" It is a fearful thing, yet something each of us yearns for - to be naked before God or before another human being. To be intimate and loved for who we truly are. And if this is so with you who live, it is so, too, with the dead. Think of how burdened your hearts are. Those who die so burdened yearn and hunger even in death. Desiring intimacy, they rise and devour, for consuming another is the only way they know to take another into themselves. But I think there is one very great difference between the dead and the living. If I were to touch one of the dead and gaze into its eyes, it would be far readier than any of you to lay down its burdens and rest. "
How amazingly profound, that paragraph. Each rotting corpse was once a person too, with dreams and hopes... and now all they can do is shamble about in horrible hunger.
Sigh... Thanks Stant. Now I feel that unwelcome feeling of sympathy. Now you have made me think profoundly and with sadness about those poor souls...
...
K enough of that! Time to read some "Walking Dead" graphic novels!
(for the original review please visit the Bookluvrs Website)
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