To Be Chosen [Paperback]

Michael Travis Jasper (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 15, 2007

They never asked to be chosen. They didn't want the weight of the world on their shoulders. But God had selected them for a mission only the three of them could carry out.

A grieving father with a superficial and materialistic lifestyle, a lovely witch, and a gay college boy are united by newfound supernatural powers and an ever-morphing spiritual guide to battle a demonic invasion from another world and Earth's own past. A motley group of friends and even the ghosts of loved ones join these outcasts, chosen to be God's Hammer, as they fight in city streets and farmyards to save mankind and each other. Love, sex, violence, spirituality, mystery, suspense, magic, and humor combine in an adventure that provides a glimpse at the hardest and sweetest human truths.

This contemporary fantasy will appeal to fans of every genre of speculative fiction. The surprising bonus is that the thrilling action on every page is a reminder that even a freak like you is loved without limit. Ask yourself what you would do if you were chosen to better humanity. because you were.

Product Details

• Paperback: 424 pages
• Publisher: Wheatmark (October 15, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 158736896X
• ISBN-13: 978-1587368967
• Product Dimensions: 6 x 9 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,277,151 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2.0 out of 5 stars I wander as I wonder out under the stars..., March 25, 2009

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Akethan (Arlington, VA United States) - See all my reviews

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How to begin? This is a book I picked up after an author e-mail/press release in January '08. The tagline "Ask yourself what you would do if you were chosen to better humanity...because you were," sets the expectation that this book is going to go somewhere. I plodded through the child-like text and choose-your-own-adventure plot and closed this book gladly. Despite glimmers of deeper thought that step out of text sporadically - the appearance of the green man, phrases like "a living statue of gold and volcanic glass", the inference of Nietzsche (the abyss gazes into you), right up to one of the closing concepts of an Earth on which "the freed slaves from a hundred worlds were equal in number to the surviving humans" - are few and far between. Despite the books promise, "profound thoughts are provoked," by and large the story is a mish-mash of Wikipedia-like entries and badly chosen grammar, fragmented sentences and in many cases the repeated use of the incorrect word (wonder vs. wander, passed vs. past in particular). Child-like telling is consistent throughout: a constant switching between highbrow concept straight to gutter talk and unending references to any one of the character's butts, packages, pecs, biceps, etc. become an uninteresting dull roar. The diary of a peeping Tom. Unthinkingness - to quote Samuel Delany. The entire book should be culled to the choicest of its concepts and then smartly edited and re-issued.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Great concept, not so great book, May 19, 2011

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james crawford (HORN LAKE, MS, United States) - See all my reviews

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Great concept, not so great book

I when I pick up this book I had high hopes. I read all the reviews, paid my $20 something dollars for a paperback and couldn't wait for it to come in the mail. the day I received it and dove right in. after the first few page fascinated by the story and the creation of the characters but the deeper I got into the book the more disappointed I got. Characters started to know things that they were not present for in the story (Darby's friends getting out of jail and talking about the hide out the "chosen" flee to when running from the cops), the witch's incantations, and the fact that every page of the book is like telling a Horney teenager to write a book full of untactful descriptions of sex appeal and body parts in the most awkward parts of the story. No I'm not talking about the rape and torture that helps sell the idea of hell, I'm talking about running for our lives and checking out the naked man in front of us lusting for him while we are still being pursued even after a friend just died... I didn't feel for any of the characters they all seem emotionless. Overall the only thing I liked about this book is the concept that hell is not beneath our feet but another planet ruled by the fallen angel's.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A great ride through life and religion to see what commitment means, December 30, 2010

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Richard Hill - See all my reviews

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This book is a great read which captures you attention immediately and holds on for the whole read. It's a fascinating co-mingling of many religious traditions and the result is a message that rings across all that love is what it's all about, regardless of who you are or where you came from. Makes you really ponder the question personally 'Am I chosen and for what?' Each charater is introduced effectively with a background that brings them alive and you can relate to personally. The theme is the classic save the world theme, but with lots of unique twists and turns and even humor along the way. Some great out of the box thinking, and challenges the reader to look at their own experience from a new perspective. And you have fun along the way too!