Blood Moon

by Hal Lindsey

Hal Lindsedy's first novel, Blood Moon, spans the centuries--from Genesis to the 21st century--bringing to life biblical and historical characters and creating fictional heroes and villains you will never forget.

Genres: Christian, Fiction, Thriller

358 pages, Hardcover

First published August 1, 1996

About the author

Harold Lee Lindsey was an American evangelical writer and television host. He wrote a series of popular apocalyptic books – beginning with The Late Great Planet Earth (1970) – asserting that the Apocalypse or end time (including the rapture) was imminent because current events were fulfilling Bible prophecy. He was a Christian Zionist and dispensationalist.

Reviews

[John · Rating 2 out of 5]

As with most long-time non-fiction writers who suddenly get the urge to go novelist, Lindsey doesn't seem to have the faintest idea how to make his novel really resonate with readers. He is a decent enough writer, but he doesn't know how to develop interesting characters, create good dialog, or show us things instead of telling us them. This is a book that reads at about an 8th grade level, and there's no real artistry or passion to be found anywhere. The fact that it is an "End Times" novel that takes place in 2007 doesn't really help either.

[Gayle · Rating 2 out of 5]

Like many works of fiction written by authors who have only previously written nonfiction, this is not the most enthralling book. But it was interesting and I'm not sorry I read it, if only that it is always wonderful to be reminded of the hope that lies ahead for those who are disciples of Christ.

[Joyknickerbocker · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really loved this book. It was interesting and just a good read! It was a thriller/mystery and also with Christian undertones! Nice.

[Steven H · Rating 1 out of 5]

LINDSEY'S FIRST (AND, TO DATE ONLY) NOVEL

Harold Lee "Hal" Lindsey (born 1929) is a best-selling author, who is currently host of "The Hal Lindsey Report" TV program. (He formerly hosted International Intelligence Briefing on TBN, but the show was removed as being too "pro-Israel"/"anti-Arab"; he provides the financing for the Hal Lindsey Report himself.)

He wrote in the Introduction to this 1996 novel, "you might ask, 'Hal, why have you now decided to venture into the medium of fiction? Why have you chosen to write a novel about what the Bible refers to as 'the last days' rather than another non-fiction book?' ... First of all, let me say that my nonfiction writing days are not over. I have not given up that principal mission. I intend to write more books about current events and their relationship to the prophetic scenario. There is still a great deal of unexplored, uncharted territory, and I fully intend to continue to break new ground in the non-fiction realm for as long as the Lord allows.

"What I have tried to do in my previous books is simply to illustrate how major prophetic events are being fulfilled before our very eyes... we see evidence of them unfolding more quietly in secret meetings in the world's major power centers. I have shied away, therefore, from date-setting and overly dogmatic analysis. Rather, I have drawn attention to events and trends that might be obscured by the secular media, and I have placed them in the context or prophetic progression." (Pg. 2)

In the first chapter, "The Everlasting Enmity," the narrator says, "But Isaac and Ishmael never reconciled their differences. They never settled the blood feud that began in the tents of their father Abraham. Thus, the resentment between the descendants of Isaac and the descendants of Ishmael has carried down through the ages. Esau's descendants also joined with Ishmael's in this deadly feud for the past 40 centuries. Ishmael's people hate Isaac's people. Isaac's people distrust Ishmael's people. No ethnic conflict in the world can compare with this one in terms of duration and intensity of animosity." (Pg. 28)

One character speculates about the Rapture: "his Mom and sister---had vanished one day two years earlier along with several million others worldwide. Armstrong never did like the official explanations of those mass disappearances. Some officials suggested that space aliens had pulled off a mass abduction. After all, millions of individuals worldwide had previously claimed to have experienced a form of abduction... Others had a more spiritual explanation, blaming it on a 'harmonic convergence'---a natural function of the earth cleansing itself of the unwanted and undesirable elements that were holding back progress. New Age prophets had predicted such a phenomenon for years." (Pg. 66-67)

The narrator observes, "There had been a mystical prophecy given the children of Fatima that predicted the second pope after John Paul II would be aligned with the Anti-Christ. John Paul II, who was probably a true believer, also predicted the same thing, along with a famous Jesuit author named Malachai (sic) Martin." (Pg. 95)

One of the characters recalls, "My mother made me read a frayed old book from the 1970s called 'The Late Great Planet Earth.' I thought the author, named Lindsey, was a total nut case at the time. But most of what he interpreted from the Hebrew prophets is now coming true." (Pg. 252) Even after Jesus has returned to Earth, "Jesus told the people of the earth to continue to study their Bibles. Even though ninety-nine percent of the prophecies had been fulfilled, there were still vital lessons to be learned in order to avoid sin and the trap of a lazy faith." (Pg. 339-340)

Lindsey is less engaging as a novelist than, say, Jerry Jenkins in the "Left Behind" series; on the other hand, his nonfiction books are certainly much more detailed than those of, say, Tim LaHaye, and this greater depth shows. If you like Christian apocalyptic fiction, you'll probably like this book well enough.

[Nicole · Rating 1 out of 5]

i got like 70 pages in and could not continue.. very dry

[Rachel Zimmermann · Rating 1 out of 5]

Had to read this book for a grad school course book review.

[Nick Woodall · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good novel, but not one of my favorites.