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ISBN: | 0764226312 (ISBN13: 9780764226311) |
Edition Language: | English |
Literary Awards: | Christy Award for Allegory (2003) |
Karen Hancock
Paperback | Pages: 400 pages Rating: 4.15 | 2227 Users | 261 Reviews
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Title | : | Arena |
Author | : | Karen Hancock |
Book Format | : | Paperback |
Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
Pages | : | Pages: 400 pages |
Published | : | May 1st 2002 by Bethany House Publishers |
Categories | : | Fantasy. Christian Fiction. Science Fiction. Christian. Fiction. Christian Fantasy |
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Callie Hayes is living a life of fear and disillusionment when she volunteers for a psychology experiment that promises to turn her life around. As her orientation proceeds, Callie becomes frightened by the secrecy and evasion she encounters. When she demands to be released from the program, she is suddenly dropped into a terrifying alien world and into a perilous battle between good and evil. With limited resources and only a few cryptic words to guide her, Callie embarks on a life-changing journey. Will she decipher the plans the Benefactor has established for her escape, or will she succumb to the deception of the Arena?Rating Containing Books Arena
Ratings: 4.15 From 2227 Users | 261 ReviewsCriticize Containing Books Arena
A very unique book, speculative in nature. When Meg and Callie sign up for an experiment at the Univ. of Arizona they have no idea where it will take them. They separately end up in a place called the "Arena", on another world and are confronted with life and death struggles in dealing with the environment.I cant even begin to describe how encouraged I am by this book! I was skeptical at the beginning, honestly dreading a new take on Christian fantasy. I want to give this book a 4.75 just because it was so difficult for me to humble myself enough to take the journey this author created because it is not subtle in the slightest (were talking stay on the white path. Repeat, stay in the white path). However, I am glad to be wonderfully mistaken! This book is for everyone who knows our savior and
This is my favorite book. I didn't know what to expect when I picked this one up, but two days later I still couldn't put it down for more than a few minutes. I read it years ago and I still reread it. It's got great plot, characters, pacing, and is a fabulous allegory of the Christian walk from before salvation til God takes u home. I can't say enough good things about it. It's a must read.
I typically have a hard time with Christian Fiction, because, to agree with a few of the reviews, that genre tends to be too "in-your-face" or too "Christian-cliché." I happen to be someone who knows God to be much more than cute quotes and easy street, so I get slightly repulsed by those types of books because they do not accurately portray the difficulty of life -- with and without God.While granting my limited knowledge of this category, I found Arena to be an incredible example of the walk
I absolutely loved the first 3/4 of this book. Great adventure, mysterious and interesting characters and a good visual of the alien world. The only thing I would have liked is for the ending to have a little more to it....although I did like the very end where they meet up again years later...not the most original..but still cute and hopeful.I had no idea this was "Christian fiction" until afterward- there was no "religion pushing" in this book-- just a lot of "faith" basis which was done in a
So unusual and different ;)
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