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Cinnamon Bay Plantation on lush, tropical St. John was the ideal Caribbean island getaway: Or so it seemed. But for distinguished Harvard economist Henry Spearman, long overdue for R & R, it offered diversion of a decidedly different sort and one he'd hardly anticipated: murder.
It couldn't have happened to a nicer guy. Prickly and priggish, Gen. Hudson T. Decker (Ret.) might have been a Cinnamon Bay regular, but he'd managed to alienate fellow guests and a lot of townspeople over the years. Suddenly, before the local inspector has assembled a suspect list, there is a mysterious drowning and a second murder, this time a former U.S. Supreme Court justice. Prime suspects abound: a liberal professor of divinity, a vengeful wife, an alleged girlfriend, and a handful of angry local activists.
While the island police force is mired in an investigation that leads everywhere and nowhere, the diminutive, balding Spearman, who likes nothing better than to train his curiosity on human behavior, conducts an investigation of his own, one governed by rather different laws--those of economics. Theorizing, hypothesizing, Spearman sets himself on the trail of the killer as it twists from the postcard-perfect beaches and manicured lawns of a premier resort to the bustling old port of Charlotte Amalie to the densely forested hiking trails with their perilous drops to a barren, deserted cay offshore.
Now available in a new critical edition, Marshall Jevons's Murder at the Margin was first published in 1978, when it marked the debut of Henry Spearman. Spearman relies on economic thinking to solve crimes--a distinction that places him in the pantheon of such fictional investigators as Father Brown, Miss Marple, Hercule Poirot, and Rabbi Small.
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Cinnamon Bay Plantation on lush, tropical St. John was the ideal Caribbean island getaway: Or so it seemed. But for distinguished Harvard economist Henry Spearman, long overdue for R & R, it offered diversion of a decidedly different sort and one he'd hardly anticipated: murder. It couldn't have happened to a nicer guy. Prickly and priggish, Gen. Hudson T. Decker (Ret.) might have been a Cinnamon Bay regular, but he'd managed to alienate fellow guests and a lot of townspeople over the years. Suddenly, before the local inspector has assembled a suspect list, there is a mysterious drowning and a second murder, this time a former U.S. Supreme Court justice. Prime suspects abound: a liberal professor of divinity, a vengeful wife, an alleged girlfriend, and a handful of angry local activists. While the island police force is mired in an investigation that leads everywhere and nowhere, the diminutive, balding Spearman, who likes nothing better than to train his curiosity on human behavior, conducts an investigation of his own, one governed by rather different laws--those of economics. Theorizing, hypothesizing, Spearman sets himself on the trail of the killer as it twists from the postcard-perfect beaches and manicured lawns of a premier resort to the bustling old port of Charlotte Amalie to the densely forested hiking trails with their perilous drops to a barren, deserted cay offshore. Now available in a new critical edition, Marshall Jevons's Murder at the Margin was first published in 1978, when it marked the debut of Henry Spearman. Spearman relies on economic thinking to solve crimes--a distinction that places him in the pantheon of such fictional investigators as Father Brown, Miss Marple, Hercule Poirot, and Rabbi Small.
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Written at a basic level.......2007-09-10
While the book did a good job introducing basic economic principles, the writing was reminiscent of a young adult fiction novel. The mystery is intriguing, but is overshadowed by the simple writing style. This would be a perfect book for freshman in High School, but if you're looking for a serious novel with an economic aspect, you'll be disappointed.
A TALE TOLD BY AN ECONOMIST, FULL OF SUPPLY AND DEMAND.......2006-03-16
OK, this is a murder mystery of sorts. The grammar and punctuation are acceptable, but the prose is just bad, and I don't mean wicked. Quite staccato in fact. Uneven: QED. Prone to violent fluxions of diction: triskaidekaphobia (you read Greek?), and fresh fish just flopping on the dock of the bay. Get used to it.
THE GENERAL IDEA
An economics prof. goes on a Caribbean paradise holiday and solves a murder mystery by the use of basic economic principles. You can usefully learn something on said topics, but you have to bear with it until chapter 11 as it is just scene-setting till then.
THE PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS
1. The superiority of the unplanned economy (high efficiency of free trade between individuals). Adam Smith meets Bastiat at the dockside. This is one of the better patches of descriptive writing, quite vivid in the mind's eye. (Chap. 11). [This is the same as the theory of 'spontaneous order' in Michael Polanyi's books. And very similar to Arthur Koestler's theory of holons in 'The Ghost in the Machine'.]
2. Utility trade-off. Value of a reliable supply of frozen fish to a restaurant versus an intermittent supply of fresh wet fish just caught. (Chap. 11)
3. The economics of the `common pool' and legal ownership of property. (Chap. 11)
4. Definition of economics according to Alfred Marshall [too vague for my liking, try Robbins definition in `Basic Economics' by Thomas Sowell]. (Chap. 12). (No, I am not going to quote them, look it up for yourself, it's good for the soul. And TS deserves the sales.)
5. Explanation of Game Theory via the `Prisoner's Dilemma'. (Chap. 14)
6. Risk and reward in the behaviour of scavenging birds. The bolder birds get more scraps but at a greater risk. [Ethology meets economics.] (Chap. 16)
7. The Law of Demand (and Supply) driving rational consumption, which the guilty party does not obey and thus calling attention to this behaviour. (Chap. 17)
THE MORAL OF THE STORY
The book as whole reminds me of the old observation in computing that it is no good giving a computer user a graphics package and then expecting them to emulate Rembrandt. They still need artistic skill to do that, the software is just a toolkit. Well, experience in economics and academe do not a rhapsode make, or even a novel-writer. On the other hand, the economics herein is bolted on so obviously that it is really easy to just spin the wingnuts and pick it out in lumps. Enjoy.
2 hours -- the opportunity cost for me reading this book..........2005-01-16
I read this book as a intersemester assignment for my AP Economics class. Interesting to say the least, it went well with my microeconomics intuition. Nice interesting story, although I already suspected who was the murderer way before our protagonist Henry Spearman mentions.
The interesting twist is in the end when I realized there was a BIGGER picture I didn't suspect. Overall, its a great murder mystery that takes economics to a whole new level.
The fusion of economics and criminology is just impressive in this witty satiric tale although there are high traces of clique stereotypes from the era the book was probably written (racial tensions) the book operates solely on economic reasoning. For those Sherlock Holmes out there looking for a good "utility," of their time this book will be worth your opportunity cost. I managed to stay awake to read the whole book through -- something meritable since I usually fall asleep reading my economics textbook.
If you want to enjoy economics fused with a Sherlock Holmes character, definitely check this book out. I highly recommend it especially for Microeconomics students.
A good economics primer.......2001-08-03
This book was required reading as part of my Microeconomics course. Although it's not quite on the level of Agatha Christie or Ellery Queen- the plot and story is relatively simple and easy to follow- it does show how one can see the basic laws of economics at work in just about every facet of day-to-day life.
Using opportunity cost, the laws of supply & demand, interdependent utility functions, and even the prisoner's dilemma to get to the bottom of the case, Harvard economics professor Henry Spearman tracks down the killer/killers of two high-society tourists at the Cinnamon Bay resort on the Caribbean island of St. John.
Interestingly enough, the foreword & afterword of the book both go into the economic possibilities of writing and publishing a mystery novel featuring an economist as the protagonist! Apparently, the possibilities looked good, since there's two follow-up Henry Spearman mystery novels out there, both of which I'm planning to take a look at once I get some free time in. Of course, I'll have to calculate the opportunity costs of other forms of recreation, the utility I receive from reading the other novels, etc. I have a feeling I'll receive a handsome profit out of the deal...
All told, "Murder at the Margin", if not exactly a great murder mystery, is a fairly interesting primer on the practical uses of economics, and makes for surprisingly quick reading!
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Learn economics with a good mystery.......2001-02-19
The premise that an economist is capable of solving a murder mystery by using economic analysis appears at first glance to be absurd. However, this story is one where that concept is made thoroughly believable. The hero, modeled after economist Milton Friedman, analyzes all aspects of behavior in terms of maximum return on expenditure. And when people appear to be violating that principle, he is led down a dangerous path that allows him to find the killer(s).
Written by two economists, this book can also be used as a supplemental text in introductory economics. It is a refreshing way to study economics and mathematics without appearing to do so.
Published in Journal of Recreational Mathematics, reprinted with permission.
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Very Hard to Find but A Few Good Stories Especially The Invisible Man Murder Case.......2007-09-29
The 7 Deadly Sins of Science Fiction is a various author anthology published in 1980. The stories inside are older still with the most recent first published in 1974 with most in the mid 1950s. Stories are set in the real world, space, future and present time (well 1950s anyway). They cover topics such as space travel cadets who have a lazy captain adult supervisor and have to make it to Mars and back when someone is sabotaging their ship and it seems likely to be the captain. A serial killer who is an invisible man, a soldier with a destroyed leg in Southeast Asia learning supernatural skills from an old man in a small village down the road from his MASH hospital bed and a robot on trial in a court of law. This isn't the first time any of these stories were published but since they are so old they are probably not going to be any easier to obtain elsewhere.
There are nine stories in total falling under the 7 deadly sins categories. The 7th sin apparently is often disputed to be either Avarice or Covetousness with either appearing as the seventh sin depending on the historic source, so both sins are included in this collection. They are -
SLOTH: Sail 25 (1962) by Jack Vance
LUST: Peeping Tom (1954) by Judith Merril
ENVY: The Invisible Man Murder Case (1958) by Henry Slesar
PRIDE: Galley Slave (1957) by Issac Asimov
ANGER: Divine Madness (1966) by Roger Zelazny
Gluttony: The Midas Plague by (1954) Federik Pohl
The Man Who Ate the World (1956) by Federik Pohl
Avarice: Margin or Profit (1956) by Puol Anderson
Covetousness: The Hook, the Eye and the Whip (1974) by Michael G. Coney
The stories inside do vary in quality from very, very average to very, very good. The pick of the stories inside is Henry Slesar's The Invisible Man Murder Case. Jeff Oswald a successful writer is invited to give a speech at the Mystery Authors Association banquet even though he doesn't believe his books fall under the mystery category. There he meets his childhood idol author Kirk Evander who he quickly learns hates his guts. Evander blames authors like Oswald for the decline of the classic detective story. In the days following, three murders occur where the victim are found in a room locked from the inside (obviously they didn't have self locking doors in the 1950s), the last victim is Evander. Oswald's publisher sends out media releases that Oswald is going to track down the killer of his friend so to put the lie in motion Oswald agrees to meet Evander's brother Dr Borg Evander. In the scientist's lab although the scientist knows very little about his brother, Oswald meets Borg's cat which is completely invisible. Borg has invented a substance he calls Sulfaborgonium which when painted on anything turns it invisible. Dr Borg Evander can see no use for this accidentally invented product but being a writer Oswald can, and he thinks he knows how the murders were committed and that it's pretty obvious that his former idol has given this paste to the killer. As the body count rises it becomes obvious to Oswald that he'll have to catch this invisible man killer or become the next victim!
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This magisterial work is the first comprehensive study of the ethics of killing, where the moral status of the individual killed is uncertain. Drawing on philosophical notions of personal identity and the immorality of killing, McMahan looks carefully at a host of practical issues, including abortion, infanticide, the killing of animals, assisted suicide, and euthanasia.
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Margin for Murder
Bronte Adams
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Margin of Error (The Britt Montero series)
Manufacturer: Recorded Books, LLC
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9 compact discs. Edna Buchanan, best-selling author and winner of the Pulitzer Prize, writes novels that crackle with action, suspense, and street-smart wit. When she released the first mystery featuring Britt Montero, a quirky and abrasive Miami newpaper reporter, fans across the country clamored for more. Margin of Error joins Suitable for Framing and Act of Betrayal in this popular series. On the streets of Miami, where herds of celebrities and criminals roam at large, sometimes its difficult for Britt to tell the preditors from the prey, especially since she met Lance Westfell. A film superstar, he has joined her on the job to research a role in his latest film, Margin of Error. With his well-known face, he draws unpredictable crowds wherever they go. But when a staged explosion on the movie set misfires, killing a technician who was standing in for Lance, Britt suspects that theres someone who wants to make drastic changes to the ending of Margin of Error, at least for the star. Join Brett and her handsome companion as they race to find the killer before the shooting stops. Narrator Barbara Carusos reading captures all of Britt Monteros bravado and her growing fascination with Lance.
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Murder on Margin
Carroll M. Jones
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When money goes missing from his firm, stockbroker Mike Wolfe, despite his innocence, is convicted of embezzlement. After his release from prison, Mike is determined to set the record straight. Could the crime be linked to a series of arsenous wildfires? Mike meets a beautiful woman who wants to help him, then a man from Mike’s old firm is brutally murdered and he finds himself, once again, suspect number one. A great read!
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This digital document is an article from National Catholic Reporter, published by Thomson Gale on July 29, 2005. The length of the article is 3476 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
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Title: Spirit-fueled work on the margins: CatholicS bring islands of hope to blighted Baltimore.(BALTIMORE)(Cover Story)
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Margin for Murder
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- Not for me...
- Could have been great!
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A Knight in Shining Armor
Jude Deveraux
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Abandoned by a cruel fate, lovely, thoroughly modern Dougless Montgomery lay weeping upon a cold tombstone in an English church. Suddenly, as if in answer to her prayers, the most extraordinary man appeared.
He was Nicholas Stafford, Earl of Thornwyck...and according to his tombstone he had died in 1564. Tall, broad of shoulder, attired in gleaming silver and gold, he was magnificent. Drawn to his side by a bond so sudden and compelling it overshadowed reason, Dougless knew that Nicholas was nothing less than a miracle: a man who would not seek to change her, who found her perfect, fascinating, just as she was.
Yet she could not imagine how strong were the chains that tied them to the past...or the grand adventure that lay before them....
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"Once upon a time...as a fair maiden lay weeping upon a cold tombstone, her heartfelt desire was suddenly made real before her: tall, broad of shoulder, attired in gleaming silver and gold, her knight in shining armor had come to rescue his damsel in distress... A Knight in Shining Armor Jude Deveraux's beloved bestseller has captivated readers the world over; now in a special edition featuring new material, this timeless love story greets a new generation. Abandoned by her lover, thoroughly modern Dougless Montgomery finds herself alone and brokenhearted in an old English church. She never dreamed that a love more powerful than time awaited her there...until Nicholas Stafford, Earl of Thornwyck, a sixteenth-century knight, appeared. Drawn to him by a bond so sudden and compelling that it defied reason, Dougless knew that Nicholas was nothing less than a miracle: a man who would not seek to change her, who found her perfect just as she was. But she could not know how strong were the chains that tied them to the past -- or the grand adventure that lay before them. "
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A Man's Opinion.......2007-09-25
Yes I'm a man and I read the book.... (brief pause), now if the teasing has ceased I must tell you I really liked it. Now the real reason I'm admitting my disgrace. Quite frankly, your men might like this one too, and it might just spice up your relationship. I really enjoyed putting myself in the man's shoes, learning about a more manly time, and enjoying the story in general. I didn't even realize the new appreciation of women I was getting. After I read it I kept my enthusiasm to myself (of course), but began feeling more intense about the girl who made me read it. I'm an Airborne Infantryman in the 82nd by the way, not a weakling by any stretch. So if you want to share a book with your man and have something new to discuss over dinner, tell him to do a soldier a favor. Oh yea, ladies you might like it too. As you were
Needs a better heroine .......2007-08-29
I kind of liked this book and other times I wanted to strangle the main character. The book started out so well. She's stuck in a bad relationship and a knight in shining armor comes to save her. There were just so many ways to approach this theme but Jude Deveraux took the really long and painful route.
The main character was so annoying I wanted to stop reading at times and finally did after that weird Calculator scene. I felt bad for Dougless in the beginning and wanted her to find her happiness like in all romance novels. But as I continued to read, I started to feel like she really deserved crappy boyfriends for being so damn stupid. She's too emotional and weak and her only winning characteristic is that she likes to help people. That's it? That's what makes a playboy fall in love with her? She's whiny and she cried too much in the beginning of the book. She's weak and I can't stand her indecisiveness. She doesn't know what she wants and I wanted to hurt her for even considering going back to her lousy boyfriend. She's an idiot. She's a jealous, petty person and she's always muttering sarcastically under her breath. She thinks she's so witty and I just wanted to roll my eyes.
The biggest problem I had with her was that she was pretty selfish. Nicholas needed her help and all she could think about was her own needs and relationships. His past was hundreds of years ago to her, but it just yesterday to him. She acted like the past didn't matter because it was too long ago and was very insensitive to him. I couldn't understand why he would ever be attracted to her. All she can think about half the time is finding a man and getting married. That's like her only goal in life. Anyway, since I really couldn't connect with her or even like her, I didn't like the book very much and eventually stopped reading.
Aside from Dougless, I liked all the other characters and thought the author's writing style was pretty decent. It's the main character that that made the book flawed, which pretty much killed the book for me. I couldn't finish this book and I probably won't read another book from hers seeing how everyone's already said this was her best one. Other people might enjoy this book though if they're into that type of heroine.
Fantastic Story.......2007-08-11
I absolutely loved this book!!!! I have read it several times and have the cassette. I also purchased the cassette for my niece, she loved it then read the book. I know the story is far fetched but it is still fun and the romance is wonderful. Don't we all wish. I don't understand the reviewers who don't like it. I loved it and you won't be sorry you purchased it. Fantastic Beach Read or listen to in the car going down.
Not for me..........2007-07-27
I only picked up this novel because a friend threatened my life--and I nearly ended hers after reading it. I've read a novel from this author before and didn't like her style of writing; it's written with too many facts, and not enough emotion, which is what I look for in a ROMANCE novel. I want to connect with characters, empathize and weep and ache with them since I'll be spending so much time with them anyway--this author does not provide that, and although this tale is interesting, it falls flat due to lack of character/reader affinity.
The heroine seems very likable, although you only get to know her in a single wave-length way, and the hero sounds dashing, although he's sometimes parched, I did like the way the story circled back to the beginning, giving it wholesome synchronicity--but I think that was it.
And the ending...The only word I can think of to describe myself, especially after not enjoying the book so much anyway, is inconsolable.
Could have been great!.......2007-06-14
This was my first book by Jude Deveraux. The first half was great but something happens in the middle that makes it as so the whole story is starting from the beginning and I didn't like how the relationship was rushed during the second half. The ending was very touching. If I wasn't on anti-depressants I probably would have bawled my eyes out. :)
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Not real insightful.......2007-01-03
It was written by a service member who experiences a combat environment for the first time. If you have experienced a combat related environment then you will not get much from the book. If you have not, then pick a different book. Also, things have changed drastically since Desert Storm. The troops are experiencing much more in the current conflict.
An interesting perspective on Marine operations.......2003-06-04
I was a M1A1 tank platoon leader with the Army over in Desert Storm, but I picked up a copy of this book to see how the Marines did things over there. This book was a very good book and I was surprised at some of the similarities the Marines had with the Army. The author did a great job, in my opinion, in showing how a company size element operated during wartime. My only complaint is I wish he had included more diagrams depicting various company actions, especially around OP 4 and OP 6. That part kind of got confusing at times trying to figure out where each company in the 1st LAI was located. Overall this is a great book and small unit leaders in the Army would benefit from this book, even though it is about the Marines.
Charlie Company perspective.......2000-04-05
As a member of Charlie Company, it is my opinion that the author was overly critical of Charlie Company. And I did notice one major discrepancy with the participants and their roles in one specific event. However, having said that, it was also a refreshing reminder of names and places I thought I would never forget, but had. I also think it's encouraging to see an NCO take the initiative of publishing something like this, and am curious as to how this reflects on his current enlistment. I really give the book a 4 but felt obligated to defend Charlie.
Outstanding Version of Events.......1999-12-17
I was in the author's unit as well. He depicts the events so realistically it brought back many memories once thought forgotten. I enjoyed the book and think it should be a 'must read' for all those interested in the Gulf War as well as any who served 'over there' specifically in 1st LAI Bn. Check my member page for information in seeing my seb site, lots of LAI Bn photo's.
Outstanding memoir of a Marine NCO on the modern battlefield.......1998-07-07
It is seldom that students of war get a coherent, literate account of the life of a non-commissioned officer in a combat zone. This is just such an account, and, as such, it is required reading for anyone who is interested in small-unit leadership. As the 2nd Platoon Commander in the author's company during the Gulf War, I can testify to the overall accuracy of his account. I have only minor criticisms. First, the author is too kind to some of the leaders of our battalion, men who deserve to be excoriated for their role in the friendly-fire deaths of eleven of our Marines. Second, in several areas of the book he writes with a naive simplicity about the political realities that led to the war. These are minor complaints, however, and they do not detract at all from the important heart of the book. The author admirably captures the difficulties of operating in the desert and the anxieties of a combat leader for the life of his troops. It is full of lessons that any military leader needs to learn, chief among them to train to the limits of endurance and to trust your troops. More than anything, though, the book is a testament to the skill, daring, and courage of the backbone of the Marine Corps: the Marine NCO. Tip of the Spear is much more than a moving and entertaining memoir of the Gulf War. It is a textbook for small-unit leaders. Read it.
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This is the first hardcover edition of the alternate history novel by Scott and Barnett.
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Not Quite What I Expected, But Very Enjoyable.......2005-03-18
Well, to be honest, I'm not sure what I expected when I checked this out from the library, but it sounded interesting, so I thought I'd take a look. The story was fairly slow-going at first. In fact, I would say that it wasn't until about 1/2-way through the book that the plot actually got 'moving' so-to-speak. That's not to say that it wasn't interesting, it just seemed like there was lots of information that wasn't really connected to the plot. There were also times where I felt that certain scenes were written just to display the authors' historical knowledge, which isn't something I find particularly appealing in novels.
Also, although touted as a historical fantasy, this book is probably about 80% historical, 15% fantasy and 5% alternate reality. Honestly, if I had known nothing about Elizabethan England when I read this I would have been completely lost and, while reading, I still felt out of the loop occasionally. There were a lot of historical names and places, and it was difficult keeping them straight in my head, especially at the beginning. I can't really recommend this book to anyone who doesn't have at least a little previous knowledge of this time period, but I can say that it would be worth it to do some research for the sole purpose or reading it.
If you don't want to read about the time period, take a look at these two movies: Elizabeth w/ Cate Blanchett and Shakespeare in Love w/ Gwyneth Paltrow. They will give you a historical basis to work off of and both will give you most, if not all, of the names you need to know.
Like fantasy? Like Elizabethan England? This is for you!.......2001-06-20
This is a very well-structured, well-written book set in an alternate version of Queen Elizabeth I's reign. The settings are finely drawn, the characters are engaging, and the plot is gripping. I reread this book about once a year just for the pleasure of it, and I snapped up this hardcover when it came out. If you like alternate history and fantasy, and don't mind them mixed together, read this book. If you just want to read about people living in Elizabethan England, read this book. And if you just have to have any book with Shakespeare as a character... you, too, have some reading ahead of you.
I still like it!.......1999-03-12
I'm the cover illustrator, and I don't always like everything I read. Often, even if I liked a story the first time, I don't like it when I have to read it about the fifth time to check on the color of someone's shirt. Or I start noticing the lapses in historical detail or logic or characterization.
This book I still read for pleasure, even after I finished the cover. I read a lot of alternate history, and this surely ranks among the best.
Historical fantasy as it should be!.......1998-08-23
This is the best work of historical fantasy, and one of the best works of historical fiction, which I have ever read. Although the universe (an alternate history Elizabethan England where magic works and where Sydney and Marlow survived the events which killed them in our time line) is fantasy, the approach is basic science fiction "what if", extrapolated on a magical rather than physcial technology. Rather than overlaying modern concepts of magic onto their characters and history, the authors present magic as it was understood by the various classes of Tudor England, and in so doing create a world that feels like reality and avoid the one-dimensionality common to much contemporary fantasy. All this, and a great read, too.
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Armor of Light
Arbee Freeman
Manufacturer: Xulon Press
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"Be educated and equipped with the revelation of the Armor, so you can be empowered to tear down strongholds of darkness and build a city for God."
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Trade paperback. From rear cover: What happens when Christians try to let the stories reflect their Christian faith? Many different kinds of stories appear, as is evident by the selections of Christian fiction included in this volume. Some stories, in one way or another, show a world in need of Christ the Savior. Others point more explicitly to people who found Christ as the answer to life's problems and riddles. You will find stories by well-known Christian writers and stories by lesser known Christian writers. But each, without being intrusive, reveals a faith both strong and true.
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Armor Of Light
Stephen Yake
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Armor of light
Tracy D Mygatt
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Armor of Light: Souldiers of Salvation
R.W. Mahoney III
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The battle in the spirit rages on - good against evil, light against dark, S.O.S. against S.I.N.. The natural eye can't conceive of the real war in the spiritual realm on earth, but there is an army of protectors, led by the Holy Spirit, that are known as the Souldiers of Salvation. Through the leadership of Marcus (Dominion), the S.O.S. members - Barron (Zeal), Alexander (Bloodwashed), Victor (Wise-Son), Jewel (Testimony), Hector (Lightfighter), and the newest member Raymond (Watchman) - battle principalities and all evil by using the whole armor of God - the Armor of Light. A new source of evil has come to Houston, Texas, led by one "man", by the name of Vitaly Slade. He is the corporate master-mind behind Sentinel Industries Network also known as S.I.N.. He pits his dark forces against the S.O.S. members in hopes of crushing the Spirit that dwells in each of them. It is up to the Souldiers to fight the good fight of faith and to keep the people of Houston from succumbing to Vitaly and his demons - Temptation, Anger, Despair, Hate, Confusion, Fear.and General Klurgg (The Soul Devourer).
Customer Reviews:
Salvation for the reading list........2006-01-29
An entertaining tale, with more to come according to the author, concerning a small cable of Christians who fight the forces of evil in Houston, TX with Armor forged from the light of God and His word as their strength and weapons. The format of the book seems to indicate that it was originally intended for a visual format, and yet that only makes it easier for the reader to visualize the actual happenings. With the exception of the use of the word 'coarse' instead of 'course' the book delivers a solid message of the value of faith and the inherent strength (one of the active characters is met with strong temptation) of the human spirit.
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