The Being (it
seemed wrong to call him a creature) stepped closer, his eyes liquid and warm.
“Choose me as I have chosen you, and I will give you all your heart desires.”
What did he mean? She wanted desperately to please him, but how? And why would
he choose her? No one like this, so beautiful and perfect, would ever wish to
know a lowly girl like her. He seemed to see her doubt, for his eyes turned
silvery with tears, and his image began to fade. “No, please! Don’t leave me!”
His voice now came to her as a whisper. “There is a key that will bring you to
me, but you must first take hold of it.”
Genre: Allegory
Target Audience: Girls 14+
Subjects: Salvation, truth, pride,
judgment
Summary: As children sleep at night,
they dream of a Being, someone wonderful and great. And they dream of N’De, the
land spoken of in the legend taught to children of the Ramash. Hadlay is one
such dreamer. Time and time again, the Being appears in her sleep and tells her
to seek the key. But during the day things are much different. The Oresed rule
over them in the Emperor’s absence, a cruel, torturous rule. Then the Emperor
himself returns, along with his son. Great things are promised. Equality among
the Ramash and Oresed. Ways for the poor to be free of the tax burden placed on
them. Ramash children chosen to serve in the tower. Hadlay is one of the
children chosen and in fact is chosen specifically by the Emperor’s son to be
his friend. He personally assists her when the Oresed attempt to torment her
and promises great help to her, her family and her friends. But her dreams tell
her she is getting farther away from the key, rather than closer to it. What is
this elusive key and how does she find it?
Notes: Written as an allegory, this
book tells the story of a Being who created the world, loved those in it, sent
them away from their perfect home when they sinned, and who even now seeks a
way to bring them back to Him and willingly gives His life in payment for them.
At the same time it feels like a mix between fantasy with all the magic
occurring in it, and a medieval story with the characters working in all the
rooms of the tower made to sound like a sort of castle. It does an excellent
job showing how hard it is to find the Kingdom of Heaven. The characters start
to believe that the evil one, is actually the great Being. They start to wonder
if the tower could be N’De. The truth is polished over so it looks appealing
and attractive to them, hiding the evil darkness behind it. It shows how hard
it is for a person to follow truth and the sacrifices that come from it. I
highly recommend this allegory for showing a picture of the Gospel message!
Spiritual Content
Recommendation Scale:5/5
Reviewer: J:-)mi
Matthew 16:19 – I
will give you the keys of the
kingdom of heaven; whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and
whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.
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