5/19/2023 0 Comments Dawn of wonder the wakening book 1![]() ![]() ![]() Even Paul's road-to-Damascus calling was more challenge than instruction. I would have liked to see more of the strangeness, fear, and bewilderment found in the theophanies you read about in the Bible. There's a tendency in Christian fiction to write theophanies as if they're altar calls. Theophanies are hard to write, and the way Dawn of Wonder does it follows the conventions used in Christian speculative fiction a little too faithfully. As one of the editors of Mysterion, I've seen a lot of stories where God makes an appearance. It is an important part of the book, and unfortunately not as original as I would have liked. This is a turning point for Aedan, and the place where he starts to overcome his greatest faults. ![]() Near the end of the book, Aedan experiences what can only be described as a theophany, a meeting with the Ancient. There is, however, an old faith, a belief in a supreme deity called the Ancient that only a few still seem to follow-among them Kalry, though we only see this in her diary. ![]() There is no church, no doctrine of the resurrection, and most people practice a religion that is decidedly not Christianity. You may be wondering where the Christian content is. ![]()
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