Dream Thief

6/10
There were many aspects of this book that I loved—the space station, the Martian city and Guardian Kyr, the adventures on Earth and the resistance on Gotham, and certain characters like Adjani and Gita—but the spiritual message was too often a heavy-handed bludgeoning rather than a deftly woven part of the story. And the sexism of the early 1980s was blatant—no women scientists, administrators, or main characters at all, with the predictable exceptions of the love interest of the protagonist and her mentally ill mother.

This is one of the books on my shelf that I actually have read more than once. One of the others is Byzantium by the same author. His way of weaving a great story with so much depth and symbolism is I guess what attracts me most.

This is an early book by Lawhead, and it is one of the few, if not the only science fiction, that he has written. Though this book has flaws, I do wish that he would write more science fiction. He introduced me to new concepts concerning prayer and God's redemption of the universe.

Steven Lawhead writes a well-spun, fast-paced, adventure. I enjoyed it very much. I'm not one for aliens, but maybe there is a touch of C.S. Lewis in this piece of artwork.

Science futuristic story grounded in Christian Faith.