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Ray Beeman is een niet onverdienstelijk auteur met een verbazingwekkende verbeeldingskracht Zijn romans verkopen weliswaar, maar hij weet maar niet tot de top tien-lijsten door te dringen, en komt in financiële problemen.
Dit verandert op slag wanneer uit het niets Devlin Chambers opduikt.
Deze biedt Beeman een kans die te mooi lijkt om waar te zijn: Beeman moet geloofwaardige plots schrijven als dekmantel voor top-secret plannen van een geheim ministerie.
Het betaalt uitstekend, en bovendien heeft Chambers invloedrijke connecties bij een befaamd uitgevershuis. Beeman hapt maar al te graag toe. Gaandeweg komt hij echter tot de gruwelijke ontdekking van wat er schuilgaat achter de door hem zelf geschreven fictieve verklaringen. Angstwekkende wezens zijn bezig een sinister plan te ontwikkelen, ondersteund door een klein legertje toegewijde wetenschappers en militairen.
Voor hij het in de gaten heeeft, kan Beeman niet meer terug. Hij weet te veel.
Dit verandert op slag wanneer uit het niets Devlin Chambers opduikt.
Deze biedt Beeman een kans die te mooi lijkt om waar te zijn: Beeman moet geloofwaardige plots schrijven als dekmantel voor top-secret plannen van een geheim ministerie.
Het betaalt uitstekend, en bovendien heeft Chambers invloedrijke connecties bij een befaamd uitgevershuis. Beeman hapt maar al te graag toe. Gaandeweg komt hij echter tot de gruwelijke ontdekking van wat er schuilgaat achter de door hem zelf geschreven fictieve verklaringen. Angstwekkende wezens zijn bezig een sinister plan te ontwikkelen, ondersteund door een klein legertje toegewijde wetenschappers en militairen.
Voor hij het in de gaten heeeft, kan Beeman niet meer terug. Hij weet te veel.
107 pages, Paperback
First published July 16, 2012
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About the author
Alton Gansky
75 books121 followersAlton Gansky is the author of 30 books--24 of them novels, including the Angel Award winner Terminal Justice and Christy Award finalist A Ship Possessed. A frequent speaker at writing conferences, he holds a BA and MA degrees in biblical studies. Alton and his wife reside in Southern California.
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March 23, 2018
It's not what you might be thinking...
This book gripped hold and didn't let go until the final sentence. Did it really happen??? Or did Ray only imagine what he saw? You decide...Never take things for granted. Just as Heaven is for REAL, so is Hell!!!
You won't be able to put this story down. And like all of his books I've read so far, they really make you think.
Cindy Hunt
This book gripped hold and didn't let go until the final sentence. Did it really happen??? Or did Ray only imagine what he saw? You decide...Never take things for granted. Just as Heaven is for REAL, so is Hell!!!
You won't be able to put this story down. And like all of his books I've read so far, they really make you think.
Cindy Hunt
March 18, 2013
I've not read Gansky before, and usually I like novellas because they serve as a good introduction to an author's work. This one though is just bad, in many of the ways Christian spec fic can be bad.
Ray Beeman is a writer who has just lost his publisher. He's worried, because he faces financial hardship. Out of the blue, a government man named Devlin promises a lucrative consulting job. But Ray finds it involves explaining away secrets the government wants to hide, and one in particular is deeper than he can imagine.
It's just...well, bad. Look, if you name a person Devlin in Christian spec fic, we all KNOW he is going to be bad. If you have aliens in Christian spec fic, chances are if they are in the least bit harmful. There's a crisis of faith, and it's contrived. Nothing about the novella goes beyond bad, cliched Christian spec fic. I don't say this as someone hostile to the genre. I really enjoy reading Christian science fiction. This novella though is like a template of every cliche in the genre. It's almost uncanny in how it seems to check each one off as if on a list.
Considering his writing, and the original subjects of his other books, this novella is a bit bewildering. I'd try his other books first.
Ray Beeman is a writer who has just lost his publisher. He's worried, because he faces financial hardship. Out of the blue, a government man named Devlin promises a lucrative consulting job. But Ray finds it involves explaining away secrets the government wants to hide, and one in particular is deeper than he can imagine.
It's just...well, bad. Look, if you name a person Devlin in Christian spec fic, we all KNOW he is going to be bad. If you have aliens in Christian spec fic, chances are if they are in the least bit harmful. There's a crisis of faith, and it's contrived. Nothing about the novella goes beyond bad, cliched Christian spec fic. I don't say this as someone hostile to the genre. I really enjoy reading Christian science fiction. This novella though is like a template of every cliche in the genre. It's almost uncanny in how it seems to check each one off as if on a list.
Considering his writing, and the original subjects of his other books, this novella is a bit bewildering. I'd try his other books first.
August 6, 2013
Ray Beerman's life isn't the same after he accepts a PR job with the government. When he sees something he isn't supposed to see, he starts having nightmares and feels he is going crazy. Then he makes a mistake and he nor his family may not come out of it alive. I love Alton Gansky's writing and I give this 4 stars, but I wish this had been a full length story.
August 7, 2014
Fabulous story line! Plot Line provokes thought with brilliant creativity. Readers who enjoyed Angel will love this novel even more.
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