Genesis – Ted Dekker

Genesis by Ted Dekker
Also by this author: The Promise, The Drummer Boy, Sinner, Green, The Dream Traveler's Quest, Into the Book of Light, The Curse of Shadownman, The Garden and the Serpent, The Final Judgment, Millie Maven and the Bronze Medallion
Published by Outlaw Studios on October 2010
Genres: Fiction, Christian, Suspense, Fantasy
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It’s the book that Dekker vowed to never let his fans see, but to a core group of the inner Circle that vow was broken. Rough and messy, the product of an amateur Storyteller, Genesis is the where it all began.

It’s the book that Dekker vowed to never let his fans see, but to a core group of the inner Circle that vow was broken. Rough and messy, the product of an amateur storyteller, Genesis is the where it all began—not just the first draft of his renowned novel Black, not just his first attempts of the Circle Series that would expand into the Books of History, but Dekker’s very first attempt to bleed onto the page.

Frankly, the book is painful to read at points, but painful in a good way because it shows the evolution of Dekker from a man with an Idea, to a man with a Story, to the seasoned veteran Storyteller he is today.

Genesis isn’t a novel to review, it’s a novel to learn from and be encouraged by. Comparing Genesis with its final form, Black, I learned the amount of writing and rewriting necessary to craft a masterpiece. I learned not to get too attached to aspects of the story that aren’t key to the theme—what the Story really is all about. And lastly I learned not to give up, but to keep on keeping on, chiseling away and correcting mistakes until the best Story you can write is left.

From the perspective of a fan, this is one of the ultimate Dekker collectibles. Very few copies of Genesis are in existence. If you have one, feel lucky—keep it secret, keep it safe—because you are among the few granted the chance to have this unvarnished look into the beginnings of a master Storyteller. It’s also the only special edition (the others being To Kill With Reason and The Blood Book) to not get a digital release. So if you don’t have the in print version…sorry…you’ve missed it.