Black

Book One, The Birth of Evil

By: Ted Dekker

Narrated by: Rob Lamont

Length: 12 hrs and 52 mins

Publisher's summary

Fleeing assailants through alleyways in Denver late one night, Thomas Hunter narrowly escapes to the roof of an industrial building. Then a silent bullet from the night clips his head and his world goes black. When he awakes, he finds himself in an entirely different reality, a green forest that seems more real than where he was. Every time he tries to sleep, he wakes up in the other world, and soon he truly no longer knows which reality is real. Slowly he realizes that each reality dramatically impacts the other. In each world unspeakable evil is unleashed and millions of lives hang in the balance. The fate of two worlds depends on the actions of one man: Thomas Hunter.

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©2004 Ted Dekker (P)2004 Oasis Audio LLC

good

it was good. in the middle of the book I started to figure it out.

I love this series

I have read these books in print a number of times. I love the plot, the characters and the wisdom and messages that it carries. However. My joy was lost on this book because of the narrator. There was no change in his voice from one character to another. This caused back and for conversations to sound like a monologue or soliloquy which was very confusing when it was 2 or more people speaking. I felt like the book lost a lot of its magic and wonder because of a monotone reader.

Spoiler alert
Thomas Hunter, simple boy from the Philippines, begins his life long journey into Elyon’s love. Going back and forth from dream to dream trying to save both from the terrors of evil, Thomas feels both small and mighty as his small triumphs and defeats bear down on him. Trying desperately to figure out which is reality and which is a dream, this story takes you all over the world as we know it and through the world he feels he belongs in! Cliff hanger ending makes you crave the next book!! Fantasy work Ted Dekker!

An Allegory?

I hadn't read any of the reviews for this series until after finishing Black. After listening for about an hour, it became apparent that it is a Judeo-Christian allegory. This book is written with a very interesting setting and dual concept. It's nice to know that God has given us sinners a new beginning. It portrays a new Garden of Eden placed in the future with the presence of a man from today who lives a dual existence in today and the future.

YES!

Could not put it down! Please get "RED" the continuation... then "White" the finale"...in the correct order please!!
GREAT STUFFF!!!

Just the prelude ...

I understood that this was the first book in a trilogy from get-go, so I got all three. I'm about 1/4 of the way through the last one and it's amazing. I can't wait to listen to Dekker's "Slumber of Christianity", because this trilogy pretty much seems to be about just that.

The first book gets off to a strange start, and the narrator doesn't help much. By the time we get to the second book, the voice of the main character has changed from somewhat-boyish to a deep growling, and I didn't care for that too much.

Basically the trilogy is about two worlds, one in which faith is understood as a series of metaphors and one in which those same metaphors are physical realities. The metaphor-faith world I see as our world as it is now; the physical-faith world is what I think Dekker proposes our faith SHOULD be. Hence, the reason why I want to listen to "Slumber" ...

This series is less about the plot, but the message. I got beyond the poor narration and some of the character shallowness to the fact that most of us experience faith in a very vague way, but that there is another way - a way of hope and expectation. I want to hear more about this ...

Imaginative

I quite honestly loved this book. It is like nothing I have ever read. It keeps you engrossed from the beginning to the end. Fantasy, science fiction, and Christian all at the same time.

Black is Unique

I found black to be intriguingly different than most books I've ready. Typically, I'm not much in to fantasy or romance, but this
book held me spellbound...I can't wait for Red and White if they are half as good.

Speed

Rob Lamont, the narrator of the book reads like a racer on speed. It's had to follow due to how fast he reads and runs sentences and words together. I love Ted Dekker books, but will not download another read by this narrator.

Excellent book

Classic Good vs. Evil and how our actions have consequences. Highly recommended for long car trips with kids. Enjoyable for adults as well

this narrator, is the worst of all time.

What did you like best about Black? What did you like least?

The story overall is intriguing and I liked it, but the narrator is so odd in his phrasing that it made it really difficult to listen to. When he reads the words he often runs together sentences from various people and it can almost be difficult to distinguish which person is speaking.