Outlaw Author: Ted Dekker | Language: English | ISBN:
B00BSEQ3SK | Format: EPUB
Outlaw Description
The story of how I, Julian Carter, and my precious two-year old son, Stephen, left Atlanta Georgia and found ourselves on a white sailboat, tossed about like a cork on a raging sea off of Australia's northern tip in 1963, is harrowing.
But it pales in comparison to what happened deep in the jungle where I was taken as a slave by a savage tribe unknown to the world. Some places dwell in darkness so deep that even God seems to stay away.
There, my mind was torn in two by the gods of the earth. There, one life ended so another could begin.
Some will say I was a fool for making the choices I made. But they would have done the same. They, too, would have embraced death if they knew what I knew, and saw through my eyes.
My name is Julian and this is my story. But more, it is the story of my son who was born to change the world.From deep in the impenetrable jungles where
New York Times bestselling author Ted Dekker was born and raised, comes OUTLAW, an epic adventure of two worlds that perhaps only he could write. Full of harrowing twists, sweeping violence, and wild love, Outlaw takes us beyond the skin of this world to another unseen.
- File Size: 802 KB
- Print Length: 352 pages
- Publisher: Center Street (October 22, 2013)
- Sold by: Hachette Book Group
- Language: English
- ASIN: B00BSEQ3SK
- Text-to-Speech: Enabled
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- Lending: Not Enabled
- Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #11,017 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
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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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