Nephilim: The Truth is Here (Nephilim Series Vol. 1) [Paperback]

L. A. Marzulli (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1, 1999

Two years ago, Art 'Mac' Mackenzie was a respected newspaper journalist with a wonderful family and a great future. Now he lives by himself, eking out an existence as a freelance writer. His faith in God, humanity, and virtually everything else is gone. What's left is a pile of bills and the ache of his eldest son's death. Enter a woman in a psychiatric ward, with an off-the-wall story of how aliens abducted her, created a baby within her, and later stole it. From her seemingly twisted account springs the potential media story of the century . . . and more trouble than Mac has ever imagined. In this engrossing page-turner, Mac follows his story to Israel, where he comes across the remains of one of the nephilim: an ancient biblical giant, sired by demons and born of human women. Mac's encounter is just the tip of a terrifying supernatural iceberg --- for the nephilim are back on earth. And Mac has stumbled onto their secret. Nephilim winds from the Holy Land to the Nevada desert, through mind-numbing dangers and choices that will affect the future of the human race. Just one hope stands between Mac and destruction: the power of the risen Messiah. But can it save Mac and his children from the evil spiritual forces that spawned the nephilim? Or fulfill his agonizing quest for meaning and purpose in life?

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

In this debut, Art "Mac" Mackenzie, an alcoholic reporter, is chipping away at a boring fact piece when he stumbles upon evidence of a government cover-up. Undercover, Mac infiltrates the restricted sixth floor of a new hospital, where supposed mental patients, all women, are kept sedated and restrained. One woman tells him that something fathered an inhuman child in her: Nephilim, child of a fallen angel and a human mother. With a dynamic plot, mesmerizing ideas, and enough hi-tech and government conspiracy to please the most demanding fans, Marzulli's book is the first, one hopes, in a thrilling new series.
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Review

"A very provocative scenario. It appears Lynn Marzulli has done his homework." -- Chuck Missler, author of Alien Encounters

"The truth is out there, and journalist "Mac" MacKenzie must find it. This is an XFiles-type story with demons masquerading as aliens. Marzulli is one masterful storyteller with a chillingly believable tale." -- Houston Chronicle, October 16th, 1999

“They’re not human. They come from somewhere else, somewhere far away . . .”

Two years ago, Art “Mac” Mackenzie was a respected newspaper journalist with a wonderful family and a bright future. Now he lives alone, fighting the temptation to drink and trying to survive as a freelance writer. His faith in God, humanity, and virtually everything else is gone. All that’s left is a pile of bills and the ache of his son’s death.

Then comes the opening of the multi-million-dollar new wing of the Westwood Center, the assignment to cover it . . . and, on the sixth-floor psychiatric ward, a distraught patient’s fantastic tale of alien abduction and impregnation. So begins a media story with international implications—and more trouble than Mac has ever imagined.

Skeptical but hot for a story, Mac follows a lead to Israel, where he comes across the remains of a nephilim: an ancient biblical giant, sired by demons and born of human women. It’s just the tip of a terrifying supernatural iceberg—for the nephilim are back. And forces beyond Mac’s comprehension will do anything to prevent him from revealing their secret -- Publisher

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 18 and up
  
• Paperback: 464 pages
• Publisher: Zondervan; paperback / softback edition (October 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0310220114
• ISBN-13: 978-0310220114
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.7 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (64 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #350,881 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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31 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This book unnerves the readers more than they will admit..., December 20, 1999

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This review is from: Nephilim: The Truth is Here (Nephilim Series Vol. 1) (Paperback)

It is very clear to me after reading through the reviews, "Nephilim" is quickly dismissed by those that want to believe their own innocent (and equally unprovable) ideas about UFOs... And it is loved by those that either simply enjoy good "fiction" or by those that have truly studied Biblical prophecy. Hmmmm... either way a book that is only loved or hated deserves to be read. In the case of "Nephilim", it unearths some possibilities that are intriguing.

I quickly dismiss the criticisms from the UFO lovers community because this book steps all over their romantic notions of UFOs. The fact that they hate it is all the more reason to read it.

For the Prophecy community, the more steeped in scripture you are the more slowly you will be apt to dismiss the theory surrounding the storyline. Nothing L.A. Marzulli comes up with in this book is able to be disproved by a sole on this planet.

Regarding the use of the Book of Enoch, don't be too quick to be offended... This book was found in the caves of Kumran along with the rest of the Old Testament books that sealed the near thousand-year gap from Christ's birth to the King James translation. It has massive credibility.

The Left Behind series has been excellent and biblically accurate reading so far. "Nephilim" goes one deep step further in attempting to answer the question that "Left Behind" seems to gloss over - how will those left behind be deceived regarding what really happened at the rapture?

Cheers Marzulli! For a first time effort, "Nephilim" is BRILLIANT!

23 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Can't Put It Down, October 17, 2002

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This review is from: Nephilim: The Truth is Here (Nephilim Series Vol. 1) (Paperback)

I have been a UFO buff since my youth (around 30 years ago) and entered a quest (then) for the truth with an open mind. I read magazines and 100s of books on the subject, before I came to my own conclusion. My conclusion is much the same as the one that is expressed in This Book Nephilim; and it is obvious to me that the Author L. A. Marzulli has read the same kind of source materiel and documentary evidence that I have over the years; he has done his homework as one of the reviewers already said. On top of that this is an excellent book, its very exciting, and is like a roller costar ride from cover to cover. It also sets out to teach and I think does a great job at that. I won't give away the plot but I will say that those who have made up thre minds that UFOs our are friendly space brothers need to read this book desperately also I would say any and everyone interested in the UFO and Alien Phenomena should read this book.

19 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Unique and exciting, June 17, 2004

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This review is from: Nephilim: The Truth is Here (Nephilim Series Vol. 1) (Paperback)

What a great cross between science fiction and Christian fiction! I am hard to please in both genres, but Nephilim delivers good "aliens among us" suspense combined with a demonic plot to destroy Christianity. The main character "Mac" is a middle aged reporter who has lost his faith for the past two years following the death of his son and the breakup of his marriage. He has fled to the bottle for his comfort, and is on the brink of losing his damaged career entirely. Mac gets a chance for the story of his career, involving secret government installations and mysterious claims of alien abduction. He travels to Israel to see the remains of an almost-human giant referred to in the Bible as "Nephilim." His lukewarm interest turns into commitment to saving the world. The characterization is excellent. The plot is far-fetched, but hey--this is science fiction. So...get this book and sit back in your easy chair for an enjoyable mini-vacation!