After black comes "Red"

The second novel in Ted Dekker’s Circle series is Red. Red brilliantly weaves the two worlds that Thomas Hunter is thrown into. Black left off with Thomas is the green forest of the alternate reality and everything getting overtaken when their fearless leader gives in to sin. Sound familiar? (Adam and Eve). After catastrophic events in Black, Thomas faces a virus strain threatening to wipe out the human race in one reality and is trying to find the cherished (and long lost) history books in the alternate dimension. The books will help him find the vaccine to the strain. Without the vaccine, all those infected will die within 3 weeks.

Red contains a lot of spiritual symbolism. The name itself is symbolic. After you feel as though your world is black and hopeless, it turns red with the blood of Christ. I love this series, but I personally found it difficult to get through Red as quickly as I got through the other books because I impatiently wanted answers. It is a fantastic book, but the middle book of a series is usually the most difficult.

                                     
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