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Thanks Den :)Some of the main messages of the books are:
* that trying to get rid of humanity by cracking down on babies, children and family - is anti-God and that we should live in accord with the way He designed us and wants us to live
* that marriage is good and designed for good; and women are to be valued as people, not treated as a commodity
* that children are our hope, not a burden to be gotten rid of
* that we should worship the creator, not creation
The background situation the story is set in, is that all births have been banned for 50 years, with the implications of contraceptives in public water supplies, forced abortions, closure of schools after a few years, widespread abuse of women... enter our main characters, who know this is wrong and are doing their best not to allow humanity to be wiped out by this craziness.
The first two books are
Haven: The Forest
Haven: The Town
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Haven: The Forest (other topics)Haven: The Town (other topics)
As far as gospel presentation, I don't remember clear gospel presentations in the first or second book, but the third does have a basic gospel and response in one of the side conversations (it's done pretty well IMO). The principle of 'show, don't tell' is in fairly heavy play - the life of the townsfolk who live by Christian rules is pretty different to the lives of the godless city folk.
The tech side of it is fun - vehicles with interesting capabilities, surveillance tech, bio-warfare, and (I think) other bits and pieces that I've forgotten about
My only reservations are that it's a spiced up book with a lot of violence and some explicit-ness (generally within marriage, to the extent marriage is a thing in the apocalyptic world without functional church/governance).
Penny for your thoughts?