Friday, June 11, 2010

The Restorer's Son by Sharon Hinck

The Restorer's Son (The Sword of Lyric Series #2)
Susan and her husband Mark are back in Lyric looking for their teenage son, Jake. This is Book 2 in "The Sword of Lyric" trilogy. Welcome to Lyric, a world where sword's are the norm and guns are forbidden by The One(God).

Jake handles arriving in another world a little better than his mother did in the previous book, "The Restorer." However, he too is caught up in the political and spiritual turmoil going on around him. Thank goodness he finds some people that know his mother, even though the person they describe doesn't sound like the mother he knows. Since when did his mother know how to fight with a sword?

I liked the fact that Jake had a strong spiritual background from health battles in his own world. Even so, he still questioned his faith at times...don't we all. I don't think that Jake and his mother would have made it very well in this different world if they didn't believe in God - I think they would have gone crazy...maybe Susan more than Jake.

While Susan and Mark are looking for Jake, Kieran the new Restorer is fleeing from the One. He wants nothing to do with Him or being the Restorer. Kieran's battle with his faith and God are something that I found very believable. She touched on the loneliness and emptiness we all feel at one time or another.

Do Susan and Mark find their son? Does Kieran learn to believe in the One and his calling to be the Restorer? Read the book. You will be glad you did. And check out this link to the author: http://www.sharonhinck.com/

The Restorer by Sharon Hinck

The Restorer (The Sword of Lyric Series #1)
Have you ever wanted to go another world? Well then, this book is for you. Susan, a stressed out homemaker, goes up into her new attic retreat and is sucked through a portal into another world. She lands on a world in turmoil, one facing a spiritual upheaval. A world looking for a Restorer. How can an out-of-shape housewife make it in a world where walking/running to get around is the norm, and knowledge of sword fighting a must for survival. Did I mention that she was holding a plastic sword as she went through the portal and it turned into a real one? And there's even more strange things going on, Susan's hearing has sharpened so that she can hear things far in the distance/see things, too. Her body even heals itself, except for the mind-poison from creatures that look human, but aren't. Hmm, qualifications of a Restorer - one who can save the world from it's present problem then usually dies. But where would the fun be in that, or would it?

There's corruption in the government/council - isn't it everywhere these days - just who is Susan to trust. In God of course, or The One as he is called in Lyric. It's a good thing that Susan knows her scriptures, because the people of this land know there's by heart, or at least have a singer to help them.

Not a preachy sort of book, but one that shows a person going through experiences and strengthening their own faith in the process. Though finding out that her husband belongs to that w....nope, read the book for your self. Love. Forgiveness. Faith. Hope. This book has it all. I've read it twice now and will be reading it again in the future as there are so few Young Adult Christian Science Fiction/Fantasy books out there.

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