Servant:
The Awakening
by L.L. Foster
Gabrielle Cody is not your average twenty-one-year-old. She is tall, thin, dark haired with pale blue eyes. She
is too thin for her height, as she often forgets to eat. She writes and illustrates graphic novels, comic books
if you will. They are all a part of the series called "Servant." It’s a subject Gaby knows well. She is a very
special servant of God.
Her duty is to destroy evil. Her assignments all begin the same way - with a summons. They always come upon
her suddenly, when she would be caught in the throes of excruciating pain, a pain that left her debilitated
until she could compartmentalize it, pull it all together and put it to one side so she could control its effect.
It would not leave her until the mission was finished. In fact, it seemed to drive her to accomplish her task.
She could run faster and wield her knife with blinding speed and energizing accuracy. She never knew how she'd
know where to find her quarry, yet she never failed to do so. She receives a summons telling her to go kill a
very evil man. When she arrives, she sees a man who has lived an evil and selfish life. At the moment, he is
trying to molest a young child, a boy. Gaby doesn’t see the horror of the man’s physical condition. All she sees
is the evil of his spiritual condition. She saw a hideous monster, but not the cancerous wreck of human flesh
before her. Servant: The Awakening is a great story that could have been made better without the graphic
sex, raunchy language and gory details of the violent deeds that are the heart of the tale. The story is
compelling, but I question the premise "Would God command us to kill?" Read Servant: The Awakening and
decide for yourself. |
The Book |
Berkley |
October 2, 2007 |
Paperback |
0425218740 / 978-0425218747 |
Fantasy w/romance |
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Excerpt |
NOTE: Graphic violence, sex and language |
The Reviewer |
Jo Rogers |
Reviewed 2007 |
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