Daniel Snyder's 'Resurrection' is a
wonderfully speculative, entertainingly fictional take on a world
exclusively ruled by the Church at a time when people are losing faith
and the philosophical questions of necessity and relevance propelled
underground thinkers to take action--both passively and in the extreme.
What Snyder presents readers with is not only the perspective of his
characters, but the confluence when such perspectives are brought to
fruition. From Christopher Lambeth's passive aggressive siege, to
John-the-Baptist's radical subversiveness, Snyder gives us a view into
a world where religiosity is the ruling force; an exclusiveness that
labels free thinkers heretics, and condemns the historical significance
of other creeds to a hidden vault behind a portrait.
Even the multi-perspective writing
style of Snyder's novel gives meaning to the significance of the deep
philosophical questions his story epitomizes; a true metaphor for the
many faces of humanity's comprehension of the theological, and their
developments in understanding their place in the world. Even doing
this, Snyder is able to keep a consistent and distinct voice within
each of this characters giving his readers, in the end, a satisfaction
of not only the story as a whole, but as an individual tale illustrated
by each.
'Resurrection' is truly an intriguing
journey; challenging our pre-defined edifices of sociality and
religiosity--an excellent story for any reader.
--Nick
Earl (Amazon.com)
Resurrection
is a novel of the genre "speculative fiction" and it presents us with
an alternate view of reality in this day and age that is very relevant
for our times - the idea that religious fanatics could have taken over
our world. We live in an era marked by fanatacism and fear of
fanatacism, especially religious fanatacism - this view takes a bent
entirely unique, forceful, and takes us down a path using the lives of
several characters, some everyday people, some people that appear to
pop out of myths. It is a potent mixture, and there is violence, there
is love and personal discovery, there are those who redeem themselves,
and there are those beyond redemption. (And for cat-lovers, there are
fuzzy cats lurking in cozy quarters among lovers.)What is at stake are
not only lives, but the future of a nation, the future of truth,
sincerety, and the fabric of life. All this lies within the threads of
several people's lives interconnecting throughout the novel and coming
together in explosive and healing ways. But there is no way to predict
what comes out of it all - a truly ingenious, inventive climax to a
tale the contains more facets than a well-cut that diamond.
--Daisy
May (Amazon.com)
At first I thought the theme of
Resurrection was unusual – the Church as the Government of the country,
providing the people with a world free from war. The cost was a denial
of religious and political freedoms. This scenario, which has happened
in the past, is still happening and will probably continue into the
future. For all its problems,
Democracy seems still the happiest state for nations. If you are
concerned about the role religion can play in people’s lives for good
or evil, you may be interested in Resurrection.
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