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Outlaw

by Ted Dekker

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"The story of how I, Julian Carter, and my precious two-year old son, Stephen, left Atlanta, Georgia and found ourselves on a white sailboat, tossed about like a cork on a raging sea off of Australia's northern tip in 1963, is harrowing. But it pales in comparison to what happened deep in the jungle where I was taken as a slave by a savage tribe unknown to the world. Some places dwell in darkness so deep that even God seems to stay away. There, my mind was torn in two by the gods of the earth. There, one life ended so another could begin. Some will say I was a fool for making the choices I made. But they would have done the same. They, too, would have embraced death if they knew what I knew, and saw through my eyes. My name is Julian and this is my story. But more, it is the story of my son who was born to change the world. From deep in the impenetrable jungles where New York Times bestselling author Ted Dekker was born and raised, comes OUTLAW, an epic adventure of two worlds that perhaps only he could write. Full of harrowing twists, sweeping violence, and wild love, Outlaw takes us beyond the skin of this world to another unseen"--Publisher.… (more)
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A young woman, Julian Carter who is shipwrecked and "saved" by a tribe of islanders. Her infant son, Stephen, is presumed lost at sea. Julian's part of the story is written in first-person, and my heart broke for her as she is abused by the tribe, who is not welcoming of outsiders. In fact, those who wander into the valley they call home are never permitted to leave. Those who escape are killed.

Julian is permitted to live among them under one condition: that she "marry" one of the princes vying for control of the valley and produce a son for him.

All was well until I came to the latter half of the book. The last part of the novel had me wondering for a long time where iDekker was going with this. It seemed not to be from the same novel. I was still mesmerized by it because of Dekker's voice, but I was often times wondering if what I was reading was real or imagined. The character used is not reliable enough at times and leads to a pretty weird ride.

I'm sure I am a minority in my rating of this book. I have read several of his books that completely enjoyed, this just didn't fall into this category. ( )
  Carol420 | May 31, 2016 |
A woman in Atlanta in the 1960's has a dream/vision on the night her son is born. She feels that she is being called to a jungle land. Each time she has the dream she feels completely at peace. When a missionary from New Guinea visits her local church and talks about the natives that live in the jungles there, she feels that this may be the place to which she is being called. So she takes her 2-yr-old son and flies to New Guinea (her husband has died, so he is no longer in the picture) at which point they take a short boat trip and a storm blows up....and that's when the whole story blows up!! And that's just the first two chapters! No Spoilers here -- you'll just have to read it and see what happens, and it's pretty exciting, very unusual!

My Thoughts: Wow! This is so different than what I usually read. And I probably wouldn't have read it except that it is our next Library Book Club read. I love when a book/author unknown to me is suggested and it turns out to be exciting and unexpected! And this certainly was! ( )
  TerriS | Jan 17, 2016 |
4.5 Rating. Outlaw by Ted Dekker is a Christian fiction book which takes place on an Indonesian island. I really liked the setting because Ted Dekker grew up on the island as a missionary kid. I've read his father's book, Torches of Joy, about their time there.

A haunting dream leads Julian and her small son to go on a trip to the South Pacific. She's newly divorced with nothing to lose, so she naively tries to find the reason for the dream. She takes a boat ride out into the South Pacific Ocean, and a huge storm arises. The captain of the boat drowns and tribal men fish her out of the sea.

What follows is a story about showing love to a people group overcome with power struggles and hate. The author treats the fictitious tribe respectfully. The story arch is surprising at points. I liked the jungle setting-- I enjoyed it ( )
  heidip | Feb 13, 2015 |
The people of this world make a god for themselves in their own image, and in doing so they make God far, far, far too small. His power is infinite. Evil is finite. Finite to infinite is like a speck of sand to a billion suns." Pg. 237

Following the promptings of a dream and in the wake of a loveless marriage, Julian and her two year old son embark on a journey that will take her half way around the world. A shipwreck from stormy conditions leaves her at the mercy of her abductors - the indigenous natives on the island of New Guinea. Forced with saving herself, Julian will make some difficult choices that will not only affect her own salvation, but the fate of two warring clans also hangs in the balance.

Dekker is known for writing suspenseful, thrilling stories that effortlessly balance his faith with the characters he creates. There is always a moral, a lesson, a call to salvation, and a story of love from the one God in each of his books. Most of the time, that purpose is subtle and weaved into the overall storyline seamlessly, but this time around, it felt forced and clunky. The second half of the book veered into the realm of philosophical preachings that bordered on being on the wrong side of strange. Not his best work, but it would take more than one questionable book for me to write him off as one of my go-to authors. ( )
  jolerie | May 7, 2014 |
Outlaw follows Julian Carter as she is held captive by an undiscovered tribe of people after being washed ashore following a ship wreck. I was enjoying this somewhat strange book for the first 3/4 or so. Then it took a strange spiritual turn that lost me. I didn't understand it and at time couldn't be sure what what happening and I the events occurring were real or not. This was the first book I have read by this author I knew little about. I enjoyed the writing and became engaged in this story that started off a bit strange but the last part just lost me. ( )
  reb922 | Aug 21, 2013 |
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The story of how I, Julian Carter, and my precious two-year-old son, Stephen, came to be on that white sailboat, tossed about like a cork on a raging dark sea off the northern tip of Queensland in 1963, is harrowing, but it pales in comparison to being abandoned in that tempest.
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"The story of how I, Julian Carter, and my precious two-year old son, Stephen, left Atlanta, Georgia and found ourselves on a white sailboat, tossed about like a cork on a raging sea off of Australia's northern tip in 1963, is harrowing. But it pales in comparison to what happened deep in the jungle where I was taken as a slave by a savage tribe unknown to the world. Some places dwell in darkness so deep that even God seems to stay away. There, my mind was torn in two by the gods of the earth. There, one life ended so another could begin. Some will say I was a fool for making the choices I made. But they would have done the same. They, too, would have embraced death if they knew what I knew, and saw through my eyes. My name is Julian and this is my story. But more, it is the story of my son who was born to change the world. From deep in the impenetrable jungles where New York Times bestselling author Ted Dekker was born and raised, comes OUTLAW, an epic adventure of two worlds that perhaps only he could write. Full of harrowing twists, sweeping violence, and wild love, Outlaw takes us beyond the skin of this world to another unseen"--Publisher.

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