Archive for the ‘Invisible War Books’ Category
Posted by owner on
June 8, 2010
Earthbound
A novel
Anyone with open eyes is compelled to admit that evil exists. Evil is writ large these days in suicide bombers who maim innocent crowds. And evil is writ small in the little hurts that turn so many loving couples into indifferent strangers, struggling with resentment and hostility. Anyone who watches TV or reads the newspaper is well aware of evil. It’s why we lock our doors at night.
According to Earthbound, a novel by Dr Larry Richards, the origin of evil can be traced to an invisible war that’s raging all around us. In this first of his six “invisible war” novels, Richards goes back to beginning to discover the origin of evil in a cosmic struggle between the Creator and a being known as Satan; a war fought in human history by angels and demons. Taking the story told in the Bible as his guide, the author shares its vision of a perfect creation filled with joy and praise that are disrupted by the pride of the most powerful of created beings. Intent on rebellion, the angel Lucifer subtly distorts the Creator’s motives and manipulates a third of heaven’s angelic host into following him. Then, backed by the rebel army, Lucifer confronts the Creator, and demands to supplant him.
All this we know from Scripture. What we don’t know is the immediate outcome of that confrontation. Richards’ novel provides a vivid picture of the rebel forces blasted by the Creator. Angels of light are deformed into misshapen creatures of darkness known in every human culture as demons. The Dark Lord and his demons are confined to a tiny planet circling a minor sun in an insignificant Galaxy of the vast universe. Following clues in the biblical text Richards traces events as Satan’s demons struggle to understand the universe and take control the Evil One’s planet, in the process refashioning living creatures into the dinosaurs whose existence so troubles Creationists today. When this world is totally corrupted by evil, the Creator sends a mighty asteroid to blast it from its orbit, setting up the refashioning of Earth that’s described in Genesis 1.
It’s on a restored and reshaped garden world that the Creator places the first human being. The novel traces Adam’s exploration of Eden and his discovery of his unique identity. When Adam finally realizes that none of the animals with whom he shares the garden is truly like him, he is given Eve. For unnumbered decades the two enjoy their Paradise and an intimate relationship with the Creator.
But the Creator’s garden is the very site on which Satan’s throne once towered into the heavens. And the Dark Lord is furious, intent on vengeance for this insult, and determined to thwart whatever plot against him the creation of humans may represent.
But before Satan acts, God sends the angel Gorel to Eve with a vision. It’s a vision of a distant future, a thousand generations from Eden, of an Earth filled with a race of unfallen human beings who live idyllic lives in harmony with nature. Entranced, Eve is more eager than ever for the offspring that God has promised her and Adam.
But then Eve is given a second dream, in which the perfect world is threatened by a Stranger who steals its Innocence and sets the planet on a path that will lead to the extermination of the sinless race. What follows is a fascinating fantasy, an adventure in which Eve accompanies an elder of her offspring into a dark realm where they confront Stranger and wrest back the gem that represents Innocence. The sinless race is saved.
Together these two dreams constitute a vision of what might be and a warning that the potential future can be lost. Eve shares the dreams with Adam. But when the test comes, neither Adam nor Eve remembers the dreams or their lessons.
It’s the test and its consequences that reveal how evil became so tightly woven into the human experience. The author traces each strand of the trap Satan so carefully lays for the first pair. And he vividly portrays the impact on the planet and on humanity itself of the tragic choice Adam and Eve make. That choice creates deep wounds that distort first pair’s relationship with the Creator and with each other, and spins out of control to ruin the lives of their offspring. You’ll never forget the depiction of the members of the first family, and you’ll understand in a new way how that original decision to disobey God echoes today in our own lives and the lives of those around us.
Earthbound is a novel that works on multiple levels. On a theological level the novel explores the origin and the impact of evil, laying a foundation for understanding the invisible war between good and evil that rages around us to this day. On a human level the novel provides a vision of a paradise lost; a never-to-be forgotten image of what might have been. In deceptively simple prose the author creates a tapestry woven from his acquaintance with modern physics, his mastery of the biblical text, and deep insights into human experience. From these strands he fashions a tale that is rich in fantasy and yet so honest that you’ll believe everything must have happened just the way he describes it.
In subsequent novels Richards continues to tell the story of the invisible war being waged in the spirit world, a war that impacts each of us. This fascinating first novel, Earthbound, packed with far more truth than most fiction, lays a solid foundation for our understanding of the human condition and of a cosmic struggle between good and evil that touches every life.
According to a review by Booklover, “This book is spellbinding. Larry Richards takes you to another place, a world that you are so caught up in that you forget you’re reading. Read it!!!
Earthbound, by Larry Richards, is available on Amazon.com for $13.39 in print, or $9.99 on Kindle.
Posted by owner on
January 18, 2010
Herman Bailey recommended Larry Richards’ Invisible War novels on the Herman and Sharron show on CTN this Wednesday (the 20th). Three of the six novels have been published and are currently available in Christian bookstores and at a significant discount on Amazon.com. The three novels that are available are: Earthbound, The Day of the Others, and The Blind Prophet. The fourth novel, The 69th weekth Week, is available from Tate Publishing, and will be on Amazon and in bookstores in early February.
For a description of the series and each novel, click www.invisiblewarnovels.com.
Posted by owner on
October 27, 2009
An old and dear friend recently sent me this book review he’ll be posting on Amazon. I share it to bless you.
The Blind Prophet (original)
I am writing this book review of The Blind Prophet (Zaki) at the suggestion of the author of the book whose writings have had an immense impact on my life since the 1970s.
Allow me to introduce myself. I am a 76 year-old retired family doctor who graduated at U. of British Columbia in 1961.
My parents, born in villages in south mainland China, were the first generation emigrant to Hong Kong where they brought up a family of five. My father had some high school education in a Christian school. My mother, being a female, had only some primary school education. She followed faithfully all the traditions of ancestral and Buddhist idol worship with which she was brought up during her life in her village.
Belief in spirit possessions, idol worship, fortune telling and reincarnation, were all part of our culture. When I was in Grade 5, one day my younger brother, little sister and I, consumed with childhood curiosity, urged our home maker to demonstrate “spirit possession”. She called down a fairy to possess the teenage maid of our neighbor. We asked the fairy when the Second World War was to end. She replied that such things were secrets of the Heavens of which she was not permitted to disclose. My younger brother said, “It is fake”. That offended the fairy who immediately departed and the teen age girl woke up not knowing what had happened.
Fear of the dark was common in children. I was so until I was baptized at the age of 15. As a child, helping mother perform the traditional Buddhist and ancestral worship at home was fun. The scrumptious meal offered to Buddha and our ancestors became the supper the children had been waiting for all day long.
Our father was not religious but sent all of us to a Baptist school. Because I went to a Baptist school, I came to the conclusion that Buddha worship was only a superstition but enjoyed the fun part of it — the toys and good food, the festival celebrations and the trip to the Buddhist temple. Little did I know that when I became older, I would be writing a review for Dr. Richards’ anti-occult novel written to counter the rise of occultism and spiritual decline of an unbelievable magnitude in an “enlightened” North America. This spiritual change has developed within the span of my adult life.
No doubt you have read the excellent reviews of The Blind Prophet by the experts. I will only focus on one issue which I can personally identify with — “The need for empathy of those, like the three generations of Rachels, who are silent devotees to their own disabled and suffering loved ones like the Blind Prophet, Zaki.”
Zaki, the 10 year old Jewish boy, was blinded by the sword of an invading Babylonian soldier. He was kept alive by the three generations of Rachels, the mother, her daughter and her granddaughter. My mother was blinded by acute glaucoma after the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong when proper medical care was unavailable. I was in Grade 4 when it occurred. Since then, I became one of her care giver from time to time until she died at the age of 92 in Vancouver, B.C. Zaki was in total withdrawal and profound depression after losing his sight. So was my mother. When Zaki encountered an angel, the Interpreter, his life gradually was transformed and he became a spokesman in his village for God. My mother’s life was gradually transformed after some friends brought her to Church after the II World War. She encountered Christ Jesus. Because of her spiritual experience, some of her children, including myself, also encountered Christ Jesus. We have kept our faith till this day.
I hope through reading the Blind Prophet, some readers will see the need for empathy of those who are silent devotees to their own disabled and suffering loved ones. They too have grief unspoken and emotional turmoil that goes one and on. It is often unrecognized by their friends; and worse, by us who are providers of health care.
Thank you for reading my review of a FIVE STAR novel.
Ken Lam, MD
Posted by owner on
August 31, 2009
The story of the Blind Prophet makes for fascinating discussion in Sunday School Classes and small groups. Zaki’s struggle with bitterness over his tragedy, and insight God provided, as well as his role in the cosmic struggle between angels and demons, raise issues that touch the lives of believers today. Why not consider reading and discussing The Blind Prophet with your class or with a group of friends. The book is available NOW on Amazon . . . .
Discussion Guide for
The Blind Prophet
Intended for a four-week class or group study.
First week: Book 11
Are the reactions of Zaki and others who’ve
experienced injustice understandable? To
what extent are they valid?
Second week: Book 12
What about Zaki’s observation of Zimri-lim
and of Job helped him to heal?
Third week: Book 13
What is involved in using today the resources
God revealed to Zaki given to protect a
people against Satan?
Fourth week: Book 14
How many themes can you find that are
developed in this book? What is the most
important idea underlying each theme?
Posted by owner on
July 30, 2009
I’ve written six Invisible War novels that trace the conflict between God and Satan, angels and demons, from creation through history’s end.
I wrote these novels first of all because there is so much misunderstanding of the spirit world in our culture. Christians as well as non-Christians share many views that are totally unscriptural. Given the fascination with angels, demons, and the occult in our culture, I felt that novels would be the best way to introduce a more biblical understanding.
As I wrote the novels, I found that this approach also allows for the telling of fascinating stories, rich in all the elements that make novels fun to read.
One of these novels, The Blind Prophet, has been published already, and is available from Tate Publishing and Christian bookstores. Many registered users have it already. The $17 perfect bound novel is also available from Amazon.com for $13.25, and judging from the reviews, folks have found the story of Zaki the blind prophet as fascinating as I’d hoped.
The Blind Prophet is actually the 3rd book in the series. Books 1 and 2, Earthbound, and The Day of the Others, have a publication date of September 1st. But I’ve got a very special offer for readers of Demondope.
Special offer
You can order Earthbound and The Day of the Others from me TODAY! for just $20, and shipping is FREE.
If you haven’t read The Blind Prophet, just add 5$, and for $25 I’ll send you all three Invisible War Novels.
What’s In the novels?
Earthbound explores the origin of the dark angels we know as demons in Satan’s rebellion. For an extended age demons are confined to as tiny planet in one of the hundred million galaxies of our universe. There they toy with living creatures, genetically engineering them to feel the demons’ dark passions. Finally the Creator intervenes, obliterating life on the planet and hurling it out of its orbit into interstellar darkness. Despite this seemingly decisive blow the war pitting good vs evil has just begun.
The Creator returns the planet to its orbit, refurbishes it with living creatures, and fashions his secret weapon . . . human beings. When the Prince of Darkness succeeds in severing the bond that links humans with the Creator, it appears that evil has triumphed. But the Evil One fails to win the first pair’s allegiance to his cause. With relationships between humans, demons, angels, and the Creator tangled by the existence of a myriad of conflicting wills, the outcome of the Invisible War seems in doubt. And when the children of the first pair fall into traps set by demons, evil appears certain to win.
Don’t miss this first of the Invisible War novels, which explains the origin of the cosmic struggle which rages to this day . . . a war in which each of us is at risk.
The Day of the Others
Generations have passed since the first pair were tricked into abandoning the Creator by Satan. The human race has spread across the planet’s single massive continent, and is settled in villages. Each village has its own deity, a demon who masquerades as a god and feeds on the suffering of the people it rules. But in one village a youth called Tubal Cain discovers the secret of smelting copper. The introduction of metal technology stimulates the development of a city-based civilization that radically changes human experience. But the changes also create opportunities for the ranks of demons who pose as humankind’s gods to prey on humanity’s growing depravity.
The fascinating characters in The Day of The Others reveal the “advances” that lead to the development of a unique civilization, marked by material progress and spiritual decline. But
when demons mate with human women to produce giants known as Nephilim, angels intervene, and the whole world rushes toward a cataclysmic judgement that will change the face of the planet.
By the way, I’ve developed discussion guides for each of the first three books which you can find on the blog at www.invisiblewarnovels.com. I’m planning to lead a Sunday School class in our church giving about 4 sessions to each novel. I think the books raise issues that are ideal discussion starters for a class or small group. So my “special price” offer of $10 a book with free shipping is extended to class groups as well as individuals.
So, if you want to take advantage of this offer, just send a check to Larry Richards, PO Box
98263. Raleigh, NC, 27624-8263.
Posted by owner on
June 8, 2009
Two more Invisible War books are now available for purchase! The first book, Earthbound, reveals the origin of demons, how the human race became entangled in the Invisible War, and the impact of the first pair’s tragic choice.
The second book in the series, The Day of the Others, explores earth’s earliest ages, the origins of man’s religions in demonic counterfeits and lies, and the impact this had on the earliest generations of human beings. All packed in fascinating stories that explore the origin of civiliaztion and the nature of those mysterious Nephilim described in early Genesis.
But enough of that. How can you get these two new novels?
First, the publication date [the date they will be in bookstores, on Amazon.com or Barnes $ Noble.com is September 1.
Second, if you just can’t wait . . . you can get them NOW at Tate Publishing’s on-line bookstore. Just look up Earthbound and The Day of the Others and order them.
However . . . if you CAN wait just a while longer . . . I’ll have them for you to purchase on August 1st. And I’ll have them at Amazon’s price . . . which is definitely cheaper.
So, take your choice. Now. August 1. Or September 1.
Posted by owner on
February 23, 2009
The Blind Prophet, the first of my six Invisible War novels tracing the struggle between angels and demons from creation to history’s end, is scheduled for release April 7th. I’d like to send a FREE copy to registered users of Demondope on March 15th.
For those currently registered
Just send your name and address (including screen name) to ancient1@nc.rr.com. (To preserve your anonimity, I won’t keep these after addressing your book).
For those not yet registered
You can still qualify for a free book if you register prior to March 7th. But please don’t put it off.