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Posted By Melissa on June 9, 2010

The Last Christian
Written by David Gregory

* Price: 14.99
* Format: Trade Paperback
* Other Formats: eBook, Audiobook
* On Sale: May 4, 2010
* ISBN: 9781400074976
* Categories: Fiction – Religious

About this book according to the Publisher

A.D. 2088.

Missionary daughter Abigail Caldwell emerges from the jungle for the first time in her thirty-four years, the sole survivor of a mysterious disease that killed her village. Abby goes to America, only to discover a nation where Christianity has completely died out. A curious message from her grandfather assigns her a surprising mission: re-introduce the Christian faith in America, no matter how insurmountable the odds.

But a larger threat looms. The world’s leading artificial intelligence industrialist has perfected a technique for downloading the human brain into a silicon form. Brain transplants have begun, and with them comes the potential of eliminating physical death altogether—but at what expense?

As Abby navigates a society grown more addicted to stimulating the body than nurturing the soul, she and Creighton Daniels, a historian troubled by his father’s unexpected death, become unwitting targets of powerful men who will stop at nothing to further their nefarious goals. Hanging in the balance—the spiritual future of all humanity.

In this fast-paced thriller, startling near-future science collides with thought-provoking religious themes to create a spell-binding “what-if?” novel.

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My Thoughts

I really liked Abigail. I would love to have learned more about her time as a missionary daughter. She’s in her 30’s before she ever encounters anyone separate from her village. She’s a strong woman and I love the conversations she has with others that she encounters.

The artificial intelligence storyline was a little confusing to me. I don’t like sci-fi material anyway. My husband said that the book was well-done in terms of the virtual worlds and the AI being believable. I’ll trust him!

I didn’t like the ending. The book seemed to have a sudden ending. It had several conclusions to the various storylines and I didn’t like any of them! If you like “light” sci-fi then you’d probably enjoy this book.

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