Liam Jackson, Offspring

Offspring

Liam Jackson

Dunne, October 2006, $23.95

ISBN: 031235570X

The Runner, as Lucifer prefers to be called, knows that he won't be the one to cause Heaven's Gate to fall; instead the Usurper, one of the Seraphim, has turned against the Creator, with over one third of the angels joining his cause. Lucifer turned his eye towards earth and has corrupted the Eye of God, the vortex in the multiverse where all planes connect. This enables travel from one locale to another. Lucifer makes a temporary alliance with the demons from the plane of Sitra Akhra to further corrupt humanity.

The Greater Demons want the Offspring, the descendants of angel and human mating, destroyed so Lucifer sends his Fallen to perform the task. He also wants them to un-make the Earthbound Host. Of particular interest to the Demon, and by default Lucifer is teenager Sam Conner, an Offspring, who like his peers is heading to Abbottsville, Tennessee. Along the way he has divine assistance and joins with other Offspring, who answer the Call of the Eye of God, which must be closed before more and greater demons enter earth to destroy it.

The fearful protagonist is prepared to fight his enemies, and if need be die at the gateway to earth to accomplish his mission. Acting as he does, he displays courage, though he is very afraid and does not want to die. The adrenaline pumping storyline is reminiscent of Frank Perretti's books, in which spiritual warfare on earth is common. Liam Jackson opens his six saga thriller with an awesome tale, as the OFFSPRING try to give humanity a choice between the light and the dark.