Rise Of The Fallen

Rise of the Fallen Rise of the Fallen is a Christian fiction novel written by Chuck Black. It’s theme revolves around angels and demons and God’s hand in seemingly impossible situations. In this novel, the plot centers around Validus, a high ranking warrior angel. He is given a seemingly menial and low-profile task by Elohim to protect a man Elohim deems extremely important. Along the way, Validus, meets up with his old friends and enemies who are after the same man. The strong points of this book are its insightful theme, cast of characters, and fast-paced, relentless action. “What?! How does this theme insightful?”, you ask yourself; well, what if reading this review and hopefully the book convinces you? Do you not believe that God works …show more content…
It does not matter if a Christian author decides to write a Christian fiction chock full of stereotypes of characters that have little to no emerging change until some tragic event or until some event where some overpowered villain forces the main characters to change to be these beacons of light, all of a sudden. Sadly, many well-meaning Christian writers fall into this trap just to appease the audience as a counter to popular “Un-Christian” fiction books released today; it also slaps the name God or Jesus or Good Moral Standards in order to sell more copies to doubtful people. Is this the case with Rise of the Fallen? Of course, not! The book is written in a way that no character feels like a complete stereotype that fits into a mold of a typical Christian young adult/ teen fiction. Instead, the characters written in here are akin to militarized angels and men and women in great danger; there are even sets of rules for the angel and demon war. The characters are so well written that any given situation, whether good or bad, triggers something in each character; it also forces change in some characters, lest they be doomed to repeat the same mistake. While, yes, there are villains, as with any fiction book written, they almost always either make or break the entire book. In this case, however, the villains are, surprisingly, no slouch in combat or wits. This forces the heroes to adapt to …show more content…
Honestly, many will say “No”, and it is usually for a number of good reasons. Some would say it overuses stereotypical characters with predictable and reused stories with “minor twists”. However, while the heart while writing the story is important, it does not give the excuse for poor writing style and story; it does not mean/give an excuse for a Christian writer to compromise his writing style on any type of fiction. They should forget pleasing other people and Christians, much like how Rise of the Fallen is written; it pulls no punches add no extra drama to the story. It is as Christian and as gritty as any good action novel needs to be. With that in mind, the insightful theme, the convincing characters, and the relentless action are what makes Rise of the Fallen stand out from the mediocrity of