From November 4, 2018
“Thomas Locke” is Bunn’s pseudonym .
So you’ve got an already-successful Christian author with a large fan base, writing in a popular genre with a wide readership, and a major publisher to produce and market the book–golden opportunity, right? An opportunity to win ground in the culture for Christ’s Kingdom.
Wrong. Instead, all these resources came together to make, well, a bunch of nothing. (Click link below to read the full review PD)
https://chalcedon.edu/resources/articles/review-of-christian-novel-emissary
T. Davis Bunn had all this going for him when he set out to write his first fantasy novel, Emissary, three years ago. So he decided to write a “completely mainstream, totally secular” fantasy novel–that is, he cobbled together a thorough collection of fantasy cliches: and the big huge Christian publisher, Zondervan, published it.
Waste, waste, waste.
This kind of thing always mystifies me. If someone has the gift of writing, why on earth waste it on nonsense that nobody is interested in reading.
I love fantasy–but so much of it is just chopped liver that’s gone round the bend.
This is interesting. My first reaction is that this is simply pandering to a wider audience, and sadly choosing the same low road as so many others. I’m sick and tired of magic, mysticism and unexplained special powers. It’s a bit too close to spiritism, for my comfort. Lee avoided such nonsense as an author, and I avoid it as a reader.
Yes, he did.