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Renegade (The Lost Books #3)
by
Ted Dekker (Goodreads Author)
One of the chosen has gone renegade.
Turning his back on all that he once believed, Billos does the forbidden and enters into a Book of History. He lands in a reality as foreign to him as water is to oil--a place called Paradise, Colorado. He has strange new powers given to him courtesy of a mysterious figure known as Marsuvees Black.
The chosen four have survived the desert...more
Turning his back on all that he once believed, Billos does the forbidden and enters into a Book of History. He lands in a reality as foreign to him as water is to oil--a place called Paradise, Colorado. He has strange new powers given to him courtesy of a mysterious figure known as Marsuvees Black.
The chosen four have survived the desert...more
Hardcover, 278 pages
Published
May 6th 2008
by Thomas Nelson
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When Bilos betrays the team and disappears into the Books, Johnis, Silvie, and Darsal must rescue him. This is a really difficult book for me to review. I’m a huge fan of Ted Dekker, and I’m reading these books because they seem to be the glue that holds together his loosely related books: The Circle Trilogy, The Paradise Trilogy, and the stand-alone book Skin. However, I feel that this series of books suffers from two fatal flaws: 1) Dekker’s trying to be too clever and 2) Dekker’s hammering us...more
Wow, Dekker really got back into form with Renegade. It might be that incorporating Black, one of Dekker's best characters and the equivalent of Stephen King's "Randall Flagg" character or that he included various elements of Showdown and Skin into this tale that gave it the boost it needed.......or I suppose it could even just be that Ted really hit his stride here.... but, whatever the reason, this book really sings. While the first two books told interesting and even gripping tales, the YA sl...more
Renegade, by Ted Dekker, is the third of the Lost Books series span the 15 year gap between "Black" and "Red" in Dekker's Circle Trilogy. The books can be read in any order, though they naturally flow best from 1 to 4. In Renegade, the book follows four top warriors chosen by Thomas Hunter (the leading protagonist of the Circle Trilogy), Johnis, Drasal, Billos, and Silvie. The book begins in the thick of action where Billos betrays his comrades and enters an alternate world in his lust for power...more
Sep 23, 2012
Becky B
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2 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Middle school & high school Christian fantasy fans
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This book was alright. Apparently the pattern is that each of the main characters get their own book in which they get to be a complete idiot and everyone else runs around trying to help them. This time it was Billos's turn and he sure did a bang up job of it. I continue to enjoy the new addition of Karas, who seems to be the only one of the group who possesses any amount of common sense. I'm crossing my fingers that she doesn't become infected with the stupidity that seems to afflict the rest o...more
This book was better than the last two. I enjoyed seeing the characters grow and learn the truth about their world. I especially love the Christian themes in these books.
One of the other things that I love/hate is when the author ties in stuff from other series and you have to read all the other books to get the full picture. And while you don't have to read the other books to understand these books, you can still read the other books to understand the whole thing.
The story seemed to be mainly...more
One of the other things that I love/hate is when the author ties in stuff from other series and you have to read all the other books to get the full picture. And while you don't have to read the other books to understand these books, you can still read the other books to understand the whole thing.
The story seemed to be mainly...more
Interesting. Intriguing. Invigorating. Different. Strange. Weird. All words that describe this book. The first two books Chosen and Infidel have the same setting and then Renegade goes off somewhere totally nutso. Dekker does this type of thing, and he know he has a lot of ties in these novels to other series, it's just different. Fun. The overall message is great and the ending has another amazing cliffhanger that's pretty intense, out of the three it has the best cliffhanger. The journey is ju...more
Book 3 of Lost Books Series finds Billos (1 of the 4 teens on the quest) going renegade, and finding himself in an alternate reality. Johnis, Silvie and Darsal are left with two books but now Darsal has gone renegade in her frantic hunt for Billos. They have added the converted Hord child, Karas, to their group, not intentionally, but because she thinks Darsal is her Aunt, and refuses to be left behind.
Here we find Billos being tempted and swayed by power, through a virtual reality game, althou...more
Here we find Billos being tempted and swayed by power, through a virtual reality game, althou...more
Timothy found this for me...he had to go to 2 libraries and ask someone to help him...he found it in a stack, under another book. That boy really wants me to keep reading these! :)
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I read this quickly...to get it over with sooner. Not my fav. Timothy didn't care for this one as much, either. Didn't care so much for a new character. These books wear me out...they stay intense. As soon as one cliff-hanger might be resolved, another life-or-death situation occurs. I'm ready for a nice Sisterchic...more
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I read this quickly...to get it over with sooner. Not my fav. Timothy didn't care for this one as much, either. Didn't care so much for a new character. These books wear me out...they stay intense. As soon as one cliff-hanger might be resolved, another life-or-death situation occurs. I'm ready for a nice Sisterchic...more
03/18/13: I don't know what it is about this one, but I love it. I definitely loved it more the first time I read it, but there is a certain charm about this book that I can't necessarily explain. Strangely enough, I thought the book's plot was something completely different and when I reread it, there was a certain amount of "WTF?" going on in my head, but it was wonderful, nonetheless. I like the transport to the different worlds and the connection between the different books as well. I don't...more
This books was very action related. It was entertaining and brings across a good point. It shows you that power and wanting for something can mislead you into doing things that you shouldn't do. It ends up hurting you in the end. And in this book one of the characters fell, but in the end God or Elyon restored him. He might of sacrificed a lot but it paid off because in the end he changed and most of all he understood
Jul 27, 2011
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A wonderful book! Reading about characters encountering real world objects and people is so interesting. I'm sure I would probably react the same way and attack a car had I never seen one before. The ending was sad and I can't wait to read the next book and find out what happens with the Chosen Ones.
The Lost books series seems to be Dekkers weakest fantasy series. I read the first three installments and found myself with no desire to continue. To his credit though, perhaps I was disappointed because I had been spoiled by Dekker's brilliance in the Circle Trilogy as well as The Paradise Novels.
Awsome thriller that had me on my toes. At times I wanted to strangle Billos for his stupidity, but in the end I felt for him.
Darsal and Karas show great self sacrifice in this installment of the 'The Lost Books' as they battle a world unlike their own.
Johnis and Silvie grow closer in their relationship (?) while trying to right the wrongs of Billos.
Darsal and Karas show great self sacrifice in this installment of the 'The Lost Books' as they battle a world unlike their own.
Johnis and Silvie grow closer in their relationship (?) while trying to right the wrongs of Billos.
Not my favorite in the series. Authors seem to have a hard time bringing sympathy to characters whose weakness is pride. I am not sure why but this book seems to get to caught up in trying to teach us that pride is wrong instead of developing the plot. But it is a short read.
I was expecting better. I enjoyed the first third of the book then it got kind of slow. Still worth finishing, at least so that the reader finds out how it all leads to the predicament the chosen have found themselves in in Chaos.
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Darsal is a huge idiot at the start, and then Billos is a huge idiot for the rest of the book, but then the ending is fantastic.
If you've read the Paradise novels, you must read this book/these books!
If you've read the Paradise novels, you must read this book/these books!
This book took the story to a whole new level. While I disliked the change initially, I think it worked well and left the reader at a place where he or she is chomping at the bit to read the 4th book.
Billos is starting to annoy me as a character, running off on his own, too head strong, and unwilling to listen. So immature! I want to see what happens next though...
This is where I lost interest sadly and I will likely not read the following books in the series. The characters turned boring for a lack of character development.
The series just gets better, though just a little odd. They walk from their own world through the cover of a sacred book into another world...
I like this series but I found this book to be confusing. I will keep reading because I am interested to see what will happen. On to the next...
This book turned me towards the Paradise series which I am enjoying thus far. It was good...even it had it's moments and gore.
This book was just as well written as the first two, but the choices the characters made throughout the book just frustrated me to know in. We'll see if they redeem themselves in the next book.
this series is getting weirder and weirder....I like the epic like story at first, and now I am on a mission just to see where on earth Dekker is taking this story....
"Renegade" ties into the Paraside books (namely "Showdown") more than the previous Lost Books. Dekker once again weaves all his characters together and brings back the villianious Black and the worms from "Showdown". I can't wait to see how the Lost Books end.
I like these books but the religious undertones are a bit odd. Not sure I like that part. Over all okay books.
Aug 11, 2011
Katie
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Very strange, but intense book. Read book 1 and 2 first. Pretty good read. Hard to put down.
Great book. I couldn't stop reading it. But I liked Chosen and Infidel better. Looking forward to reading Chaos! =]
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“The light had simply and utterly destroyed the darkness.”
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“Billos ran. He tore down the shore, bounded up on the rock, and dove into the air.
The warm water engulfed him. A boiling heat knocked the wind from his lungs. The shock alone might kill him.
But it was pleasure that surged through his body, not pain. The sensations coursed through his bones in great unrelenting waves.
Elyon.
How he was certain, he did not know. But he knew. Elyon was in this lake with him.
Billos opened his eyes. Gold light drifted by. He lost all sense of direction. The water pressed in on every inch of his body, as intense as any acid, but one that burned with pleasure instead of pain.
He sank into the water, opened his mouth and laughed. He wanted more, much more. He wanted to suck the water in and drink it.
Without thinking, he did just that. The liquid hit his lungs. Billos pulled up, panicked. He tried to hack the water from his lungs, but inhaled more instead. No pain. He carefully sucked more water and breathed it out slowly. Then again, deep and hard. Out with a soft whoosh. He was breathing the water!
Billos shrieked with laughter. He swam into the lake, deeper and deeper. The power contained in this lake was far greater than anything he'd ever imagined.
"I made this, Billos."
Billos whipped his body around, searching for the words' source. "Elyon?" His voice was muffled, hardly a voice at all.
"Do you like it?"
"Yes!" Billos said. He might have spoken; he might have shouted--he didn't know. He only knew that his whole body screamed it.
Billos looked around. "Elyon?"
"Why do you doubt me, Billos?"
In that single moment the full weight of Billos's foolishness crashed on him like a sledgehammer.
"I see you, Billos."
"I made you."
"I love you."
The words crashed over him, reaching into the deepest folds of his flesh, caressing each hidden synapse, flowing through every vein, as though he had been given a transfusion.
"I choose you, Billos."
Billos began to weep. The feeling was more intense than any pain he had ever felt.
The current pulled at him, tugging him up through the colors. His body trembled with pleasure. He wanted to speak, to yell, to tell the whole world that he was the most fortunate person in the universe. That he was loved by Elyon. Elyon himself.
"Never leave me, Billos."
"Never! I will never leave you."
The current pushed him through the water and then above the surface not ten meters from the shore. He stood on the sandy bottom. For a moment he had such clarity of mind that he was sure he could understand the very fabric of space if he put his mind to it.
He was chosen.
He was loved.”
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The warm water engulfed him. A boiling heat knocked the wind from his lungs. The shock alone might kill him.
But it was pleasure that surged through his body, not pain. The sensations coursed through his bones in great unrelenting waves.
Elyon.
How he was certain, he did not know. But he knew. Elyon was in this lake with him.
Billos opened his eyes. Gold light drifted by. He lost all sense of direction. The water pressed in on every inch of his body, as intense as any acid, but one that burned with pleasure instead of pain.
He sank into the water, opened his mouth and laughed. He wanted more, much more. He wanted to suck the water in and drink it.
Without thinking, he did just that. The liquid hit his lungs. Billos pulled up, panicked. He tried to hack the water from his lungs, but inhaled more instead. No pain. He carefully sucked more water and breathed it out slowly. Then again, deep and hard. Out with a soft whoosh. He was breathing the water!
Billos shrieked with laughter. He swam into the lake, deeper and deeper. The power contained in this lake was far greater than anything he'd ever imagined.
"I made this, Billos."
Billos whipped his body around, searching for the words' source. "Elyon?" His voice was muffled, hardly a voice at all.
"Do you like it?"
"Yes!" Billos said. He might have spoken; he might have shouted--he didn't know. He only knew that his whole body screamed it.
Billos looked around. "Elyon?"
"Why do you doubt me, Billos?"
In that single moment the full weight of Billos's foolishness crashed on him like a sledgehammer.
"I see you, Billos."
"I made you."
"I love you."
The words crashed over him, reaching into the deepest folds of his flesh, caressing each hidden synapse, flowing through every vein, as though he had been given a transfusion.
"I choose you, Billos."
Billos began to weep. The feeling was more intense than any pain he had ever felt.
The current pulled at him, tugging him up through the colors. His body trembled with pleasure. He wanted to speak, to yell, to tell the whole world that he was the most fortunate person in the universe. That he was loved by Elyon. Elyon himself.
"Never leave me, Billos."
"Never! I will never leave you."
The current pushed him through the water and then above the surface not ten meters from the shore. He stood on the sandy bottom. For a moment he had such clarity of mind that he was sure he could understand the very fabric of space if he put his mind to it.
He was chosen.
He was loved.”
Mar 07, 2010 06:18am