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The Ninth Generation: Conquering the Giants

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This fascinating, original story manages to be completely believable even though it deals with amazing events. The author's imagination is huge but never crosses the boundary of biblical possibility. Thoroughly enjoyable and at the same time spiritually edifying. It stays on your mind, and I plan to reread it in the future.

Such a long time ago ... there are biblical quotations used throughout this book titled "The Ninth Generation: Conquering the Giants" by John L. Owens. It starts out with two brothers Lameck and Aril on a fishing trip for food that ends so very wrong when a giant named Trog, Lord of the Coastlands dies in a scenario of kill the brothers or the brothers kill the giant.

The more Lameck tries to make things right surrounding everything that took place with Trog's death the more things go wrong ... he even finds his girl is not so true to him, here enters the reference of the Garden of Eden. This bringing is up subjects of love, lust, material belongings, and covenance.

Once a shocking death is revealed, there is a scene where Lameck strikes out for revenge. Here he is visited by "Lucifer" promising security and safety for his loyalty. As you'll read throughout the book several passages are referenced and meaning is brought forward in the story being told. It makes you stop and think. The end goal is for Lameck to hold on to his family and faith. I enjoyed this book.

I don't usually read alot of these types of novel, but I have always been intrigued by earth - life way back when - before Noah's Ark and all the biblical references. It is almost impossible for me to imagine what that world could have been like.

Enter THe Ninth Generation: Conquering the Giants. What a fascinating look at the world before any of us knew it. Full of mystical and supernatural, intertwined with unimaginable hardship, mixed with romance and suspense. This book has it all and gives us a totally imagined and intriguing point of view of how the world was in the beginning.

I loved the writing and the author does a wonderful job of moving the story along - dealing deftly with the mixture of all the possibilities -making me really sit back and consider the possibilities.

I really enjoyed this book.

What an enjoyable piece of work I found the Ninth Generation to be. I seldom read novels, but I know the author John Owens,he does meticulous research to anything he writes. I found Ninth Generation to be intriguing,and suspenseful. The great descriptive detail made the story very picturesque. The inter-play of the active spirit realm is recognizable as being active today and in the lives of many. I believe Frank Perritti fans would enjoy Ninth Generation. Connie Carpenter

Journey into biblical times, a full generation before Noah and his ark, to see the world as it once was...full of life and beauty, yet equally sewn with hardship and grieve. Mr. Owens weaves a story of passion and intrigue using religious references from books of old. His writing style poetically describes the lands into which the reader will travel allowing them the chance to experience the tale first hand. The characters voices speak from the pages with both a depth and sincerity felt within heart and mind. A well-suited book for the casual reader as well as the religious scholar, able to be enjoyed on both levels.

Book website: www.theninthgeneration.com

Congratulations John Owens on the writing of 'The Ninth Generation'. The title "epic' is exactly that. In some ways I think it would have been better served as a trilogy since there was just so much information packed into this book. The imagery was beautiful and the descriptions very vivid. Sometimes it did seem a bit expository - like the author was trying too hard to make us understand all of his research rather than letting the story do the talking. However, the story line did come through, and became more intriguing as it went on. I sometimes wished for the dialogue to be a little more fleshed out as well, but enough about mechanics!

It was obvious that the author did a very thorough job of researching the topic and presents the young earth creationist point of view in a very absorbing and believable way. I've done a bit of research on the topic myself, if you would care to check out my novel "And The Beat Goes On" which also deals with the Nephilim, but in a modern context from the point of view of an archeologist who finds evidence of these Biblical giants. What i especially found interesting was the way John was able to incorporate the emergence of such mythical creatures as satyrs, mermaids etc. as part of the pre-flood disaster story, which then explains their existance in subsequent mythologies of the world. That was clever, John!

I would recommend this book to anyone who is interested in pre-flood history, or just to those who enjoy the fantsay genre in general. It is quite Tolkien-esque in many ways. Kudos.