Outlaw Audio CD – Audiobook, CD, Unabridged Author: Visit Amazon's Ted Dekker Page | Language: English | ISBN:
1478953659 | Format: EPUB
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"Dekker, the profilic best-selling author of more than 20 books including the "Book of Mortals" series and "The Circle" trilogy, draws on his exotic Indonesian childhood for his new thrilling adventure saga. . .Combining a rich visual portrait of a Stone Age civilization and a surprising spiritual redemption, this excellent book will engage suspense and historical fiction readers."—
Library Journal, starred reviewTold with gritty realism to match
The Hunger Games, Ted Dekker's
Outlaw is an epic story of triumph over trial and the far-reaching power of great personal sacrifice.—
Novel Crossing "Dekker's crossed a new threshold with OUTLAW. It's like nothing he's ever written, while at the same time, touching on the themes that made his previous works enjoyable. You can tell through the story that he's excited about the plot and the story and the message, and hopes that along the journey of reading, readers will go through just a bit of the journey he took when writing it. It's an astounding novel. But the most exciting part of this story is where it's going."
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Life Is Story"THE SANCTUARY may make you wonder if prisons manufacture more criminals than they rehabilitate. The vivid descriptions and drama are gripping, and the alternating POVs add depth to the characters and story. Dekker reminds us that we are all prisoners, though it may be our minds, vs. prison bars, holding us captive."
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RT Book Reviews, 4 1/2 Stars TOP PICKAbout the Author
TED DEKKER is a
New York Times bestselling author of more than thirty novels with a total of more than 3 million books in print. He is known for thrillers that combine adrenaline-laced plots with incredible confrontations between good and evil.
- Audio CD
- Publisher: Center Street; Unabridged edition (June 10, 2014)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1478953659
- ISBN-13: 978-1478953654
- Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.9 x 0.9 inches
- Shipping Weight: 13.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
EDIT: Possible spoiler warning.
A dream. That's what sent Julie Carter to Indonesia. She wasn't exactly sure what she'd find or where exactly she'd go, but on the basis of that dream she packed only the essentials for her and her two-year-old Stephen, and headed out for one of the few civilized areas of New Guinea. But the dream would soon become a nightmare.
A freak storm. That's what wrecked the ship and left Julie Carter the sole survivor, captured by the Tulim people. Her mourning for Stephen is tempered only by her own need to survive. Thrown into an alien world where she is considered less than human, Julie must adapt to survive--learning the customs and seeking the favor of her captors. Her value to the Tulim rests solely in her ability to bear a son fathered by one of the warring princes.
A twist. Stephen is discovered alive and now everything Julie has accepted about her new life is thrown into a quandary. His survival gives her both hope and dread: hope because he is alive, dread because his life is bound to cause war and death.
Outlaw is the book I've been waiting on Dekker to write. It's not that his previous books over the past couple years haven't been good (they have), but that I wanted to see Ted write something that he hadn't written before, with a unique setting and a compelling storyline and a powerful message. Outlaw accomplishes all of that. Readers will be talking about this one and discussing it weeks after they close the final page.
Ripped from the culture of Dekker's childhood, Outlaw is a unique story set deep in the jungles of Indonesia, where the rules of modern culture do not apply. It's the survival story of a woman facing impossible odds in that alien culture.
Being a fan of Ted Dekker and his work ever since I read Thr3e many years ago, I pre-ordered this book and received it on my Kindle the first day it became available. Because Dekker was the son of missionaries to Indonesia, I was intrigued to see his take on the story of a woman who answered a call she received in a recurring dream, and in the process of answering this call, ended up in the midst of an unknown tribe in New Guinea. My intrigue ultimately turned to fascination as I read this story. It captured my imagination, sent me on a great adventure, and then changed the way I look at the world and at my Christian faith.
I'm always afraid to say too much because I don't want to spoil the story for anyone reading this who has not yet read the book. Suffice it to say that this is a great tale of heroism, of faith, and of putting that faith into action regardless of the cost. When I began reading the book, I could not find a chunk of time to read it in one sitting, so I had to read it little by little over the course of a week. The biggest problem I had was finding a place where I could stop reading, and ended up staying up too late several nights because I couldn't put the book down.
If you are now a Christian, this book will challenge you to put your faith into action. It will serve as a reminder that our bodies (or "costumes") are temporary and not who we really are. We are much more than the physical constraints to our costumes that may prevent us from becoming all that God wants us to become. We were created by God for a purpose, and realizing that purpose is what will lead us to true happiness.
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