The Seraph Seal by Leonard Sweet and Lori Wagner

The Seraph Seal was a challenge to read for me, as it was different than any other book I had read before.  I've spent the past several years focusing more on non-fiction works, so to jump back into a work of fiction was a more daunting task then it turned out to be.

I really didn't have any expectations of this book, but it sort of reminds me of the Left Behind series of books, where it deals with the book of Revelation, and end times prophecy.  I can tell you that the way a book grabs my attention has a lot to do with how good or bad a book turns out in my opinion.  The Seraph Seal was a legitimate struggle for me to read through.  It never caught my attention, and I found this book more of a chore to read, than actually enjoyable.  And I suppose that if I was not tasked with reviewing it for Thomas Nelson, then I probably would not have forced myself to read the entire book.

The source of my struggle with this book are characters that were too impersonal and unknown, a story line that never stays in one direction, and a premise that honestly was too much to believe in.  The best way to describe this book is I felt the author was trying to fit three or four books of information into one novel, hoping that their one attempt at fiction writing would stick, and this book would be their defining legacy.

While I'm quite sure the authors put much work and research into this book, I just felt I was forced into reading a story that went in a thousand different directions, and took way too long to finally go in a direction that made sense and easy to follow.  Fiction is supposed to be an enjoyable endeavor.  The Seraph Seal did not accomplish this purpose.