Chosen (The Lost Books, Book 1) (The Books of History Chronicles)

From Booklist The first in aYA extension of Dekkers best-selling Circle series for adults,marketed primarily toChristian audiences, this briskly pacedadventurestarts with a football game. The game will select four new leaders from among teens who have just joined the Forest Guard to fight against the Hordedisfigured beings created when people fail to bathe regularly in sacred lake waters. Rejected for service, Johnis takes the ball over the finish line anyway, making him one of the four who are sent on a quest. Along the way, the teen learns he can communicate with mythical creatures and stumbles upon a mission of even greater urgency.Thistitles publisher is best known for its Christian-interest titles, butwhilesome readers may perceive subtexts in the teens monotheistic religion and in the plotselemental clash between good and evil, Dekkersinventive approach to these themes will appeal to genre readers of many faiths. Grades 7-10. --Diana Tixier Herald About the Author Since 1997, Ted Dekker has written full-time. He states that each time he writes, he finds his understanding of life and love just a little clearer and his expression of that understanding a little more vivid. Dekker's body of work includes Heaven's Wager , When Heaven Weeps , Thunder of Heaven , Blessed Child , A Man Called Blessed , Blink , Thr3e , The Circle Series: Black , Red , White , Green (a prequel), and Obsessed . The first in the Lost Books series, a YA spin-off of the New York Times bestselling Circle series, Chosen sets four teens on a quest to save their world... and ours.Think with your heart and prepare to die... for you have been Chosen.Thomas Hunter, supreme commander of the Forest Guard, has seen a great evil decimate much of his beautiful world. With a dwindling army and an epic threat, Thomas is forced to supplement his fighters with new recruits ages 16 and 17. From thousands, four will be chosen to lead a special mission.Unknown to Thomas, the chosen four are redirected to a different endgame. They must find the seven lost Books of History before the Dark One. For these seven books have immense power over the past, present, and future, controlling not only the destiny of their world... but that of ours as well. Book 1 of 6 in the Lost Books series (a spin-off of the Circle Series)Lost Books 1: ChosenLost Books 2: InfidelLost Books 3: RenegadeLost Books 4: ChaosLost Books 5: LunaticLost Books 6: ElyonCircle Book 0: GreenCircle Book 1: BlackCircle Book 2: RedCircle Book 3: WhiteFull-length book (70,000 words) Think with your heart and prepare to die for you have been chosen. The land of the Forest Dwellers has been decimated by the Horde under the watchful eye of the vilest of all creatures, Teeleh. Thomas Hunter, supreme commander of the Forest Guard, is forced to lower the recruitment age of his army from 18 to 16. From among thousands, four new recruits are chosen to lead--and perhaps die--for the greater good. The chosen four are sent on a quest to prove their character, but their mission takes a dramatic turn when they are intercepted, sworn to secrecy, and redirected to a different endgame. Now they must find the seven lost Books of History. Books that have power over the past, present, and future. Books whose words are alive. Books sought by the Dark One that control not only the destiny of their world...but that of ours as well. The land of the Forest Dwellers has been decimated by the Horde under the watchful eye of the vilest of all creatures, Teeleh. Thomas Hunter, supreme commander of the Forest Guard, is forced to lower the recruitment age of his army from 18 to 16. From among thousands, four new recruits are chosen to lead - and perhaps die - for the greater good. The chosen four are sent on a quest to prove their character, but their mission takes a dramatic turn when they are intercepted, sworn to secrecy, and redirected to a different endgame. Now they must find the seven lost Books of History. Books that have power of the past, present, and future. Books whose words are alive. Books sought by the Dark One that control not only the destiny of their world...but that of ours as well. As The Land Of The Forest Dwellers Is Increasingly Decimated By The Horde, Thomas Hunter, Supreme Commander Of The Forest Guard, Choses Four Sixteen-year-old Recruits For A Special Mission--to Find The Seven Lost Books Of History That Have Power Over The Past, Present, And Future. Ted Dekker. Map On Lining Papers.