The Tree

by Mike Lynch

From his earliest memories, Quentin Truitt never once questioned God’s best for him, until he meets a mysterious stranger who tells him about an ancient tree whose fruit will impart to him knowledge he never thought possible. Filled with a desire for something beyond God’s provision for the first time in his life, Quentin takes the first step of a journey that will have consequences for the human race he never intended.

67 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 11, 2013

Reviews

[Keanan Brand · Rating 4 out of 5]

This one is good, if a bit slow to start. The author imagines what might happen if the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil had existed until modern times, and what might happen when someone ate of the fruit.

There is a lot of material that could have been mined, themes that could have been explored, but they might have required an entire novel's worth of words. However, if the author ever wishes to go back and expand this work, he has plenty of room for speculation.


Spoiler:
Yeshua as the maker of His own cross was particularly poignant.

[Diana · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Tree is quite the novel. It reminded me of a parable- you will get from it what the Holy Spirit leads you to see. My opinion is that you can't read it without taking something away from it. Whether you see greed, rebelliousness, lying, one person's sin invading all of mankind, and the results of each or all of those, or you see the story of redemption- there is something in this book for you.

[Mark Venturini · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is an interesting twist on the story of mankind's fall. There are many thought-provoking passages as we watch society through the lens of sinless humanity. My only complaint (and I mean this as a compliment) is I wish the author would have explored deeper the many themes of fear and isolation and a deteriorating world in the wake of sin. I like the story very much, but it ended much too soon for me. I wanted more. That's the mark of a good writer and a good story.