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Red Moon Rising
In a world gone bad in the last days the warrior Rachel searches for some kind of meaning and purpose in her savage existence. Traveling with her rag-tag band, she toys with a main water supply and collides head-long with a village leader and his people. Michael and his people are peaceful, but powerful and protective of their safe, productive village. They were prepared for the Hard Times and have survived the plagues and pestilences-God and Family is their banner. Circumstances keep tossing Rachel and Michael together, forcing them to learn from each other, even with pride in the way, as they move ever closer to the final battle of The Coming.
202 pages, Paperback
First published January 22, 2001
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March 30, 2013
It's a stinker. Pass, move on, buy something else.
It is a "last days" novel, sketching out a possible scenario for a Mormon end-of-days. The point of the whole thing, explained in the final sermons, appears to be to encourage members to stock up on their food supply and get a big truck loaded with gasoline ready for the trip to Missouri. The story covers a period when the Saints have largely gathered to Jackson County, and are living in scattered self-sustaining villages for a few years before Christ returns to the Earth.
The writing is fair to poor. The POV jumps in and out of characters' heads without warning, and often there are time and scene changes without any warning. The dialogue is often stilted, especially when things turn romantic. The romance was unconvincing. Randalls does a fair job describing the thoughts in people's heads, as long as things don't turn romantic. The "good" Rock family members are bland and indistinct. There is no sense of place. She describes the way the village functions in some detail, but she never gives the reader a feel for the terrain or climate. The final sermons, presented in stilted, bad-1970s- Christian TV channel-drama style ("Why you're right, Timmy, Jesus does love the little children."), are probably the most interesting parts of the book. She at least got me thinking about food storage and preparedness. T
It is a "last days" novel, sketching out a possible scenario for a Mormon end-of-days. The point of the whole thing, explained in the final sermons, appears to be to encourage members to stock up on their food supply and get a big truck loaded with gasoline ready for the trip to Missouri. The story covers a period when the Saints have largely gathered to Jackson County, and are living in scattered self-sustaining villages for a few years before Christ returns to the Earth.
The writing is fair to poor. The POV jumps in and out of characters' heads without warning, and often there are time and scene changes without any warning. The dialogue is often stilted, especially when things turn romantic. The romance was unconvincing. Randalls does a fair job describing the thoughts in people's heads, as long as things don't turn romantic. The "good" Rock family members are bland and indistinct. There is no sense of place. She describes the way the village functions in some detail, but she never gives the reader a feel for the terrain or climate. The final sermons, presented in stilted, bad-1970s- Christian TV channel-drama style ("Why you're right, Timmy, Jesus does love the little children."), are probably the most interesting parts of the book. She at least got me thinking about food storage and preparedness. T
October 9, 2008
I liked the story. This is not a book for everyone it has some details about incest that are very uncomfortable.
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May 15, 2009
This book was literally painful to read. The writing was terrible, the story predictable......it comes across as if a teenager tried to write some sappy Mormon romance.
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