Overall I'm impressed with Ted Dekker's ability to have two different time period happening for one person at once. He makes is so seemless and natural, that the reader does not have to struggle with what is going on.

If you like Biblical allegories, this one's for you. If you don't really care about religion one way or another, it's still a good book. If you hate anything to do with religion and the mere thought of it makes you ill, you probably don't want to read this.

I did enjoy the series, but I probably won't be heading towards GREEN anytime soon or any of the other series that tie into this one. While entertaining, I spent enough time in Ted Dekker's world(s) for now. Someday probably, but not this year. I rather read all the books that tie into Stephen King's Dark Tower series first (which by the way the names Roland and Martyn was snuck into this series just barely and I hardly think it was a coincidence).

The following was a synopsis of each as I finished them.

BLACK

Just finished it. I'm glad I have the trilogy because the way this ended I would have gone nuts until I had RED in my hands.

Thomas Hunter is an unpublished writer with a sketchy past. As his past catches up with him, he is thrown in another world while he sleeps. The world turns out to be our future after the event called "The Great Deception". Tom and his sister then start their chase around the world to try to stop this event from happening.

Thomas Hunter has woken up in the Dark Forest and has bumped his head. He has no memory of his past, but he knows the black bats with red eyes are not good. He also knows he shouldn't drink the water. He follows a white bat knowing it's the right thing to do and barely makes it across the bridge to the colored forest (Garden of Eden). Once across he passes out from his multiple wounds and gashes then dreams of another world, the past, what they refer to as "The Histories".

Each world is just as real as the other and when he goes to sleep he is unsure of which is a reality and which is a dream.

So far very well put together, the two worlds flow seamlessly into each other. The Biblical allegories are obvious.


RED

As BLACK ends with Thomas eating the Rambutan fruit and not dreaming of the "Histories" for fifteen years, while his body is asleep in Bangcock and Carlos is holding a gun to his sleeping head, I eagerly jumped right into RED.

Thomas has become leader of the Forest People battling with the Horde who an affront to Elyon's way of life.

A breakthrough happens with Rachelle and Monique as each falls asleep next to him. Their blood mixes with his and they dream about being the other, so that Rachelle helps to rescue Monique and Monique gets to meet Elyon.

There is a traitor among them named Justin who speaks of peace between the Forest People and the Horde.

I am disappointed that I'm done with this second book and no one has hypnotized Thomas yet.

Oh, and there is a little Stephen King/Gunslinger reference (at least in my mind), when one of the Horde's generals (a real bad guy) is named Martyn and Thomas goes incognito into the Horde and calls himself Roland.

WHITE

The Great Romance culminates in the wooing of Chelise, Qurong's (Tannis') daughter. Both Teelah and Justin want her as their bride. Will Thomas win her heart or will it be Woref?