Valerie S. (VolunteerVal) - reviewed on 5/13/2019 + 696 more book reviews

The year is 2038 and all expressions of Christianity are forbidden by the government. All forms of communication are conveyed through a personal SYNAPSYS system, Los Angeles is in ruins and another city is the center of pop culture in the United States. The most popular means of transportation is autovehs - self-driving cars. This was an interesting glimpse into an imagined future that wasn't dystopian; all major systems of communication, transportation, medicine, food production, etc. are operating.

The novel follows three main characters: a young single rising-star computer programmer who works for the leading tech conglomerate, a middle-aged man with a wife and children who had to close his passion-project bookstore due to the types of items he sold, and a rogue FBI agent who is tasked with eliminating the leader of the underground Christian movement.

Throughout this fast-paced thriller, I was continually worried the storyline would swing to the far right evangelical viewpoint, but the author did a good job of maintaining a moderate position on the systemized persecution Christians face in this version of the future. All in all, this novel gave me a great deal of food for thought.

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