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The Invasion of Heaven

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This was a different type of novel for me and I found it to be interesting. There are so many twists and turns that I had to read on to see what happened next. The various characters were compelling and thought provoking.
Many thanks to Will Dreamy Arts and to NetGalley for providing me with a galley in exchange for my honest opinion.

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If I could tell you how amazing this book is and rave on and on about for an hour I still could not do it jistice, it is really just that good. You have to read this one, even of you get only one book this week!!!!

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After reading the synopis, I really thought I would love this book, but it was not for me. It was a little too out there, and way more sci fi focused than I thought it would be. I gave up at 40% because I just couldn't make myself pick it up again. Although there are people that loved it and gave it 5 stars, so to each their own!

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"But truth, answers, questions are all a part of our natures. They define our lives. Without them, life would be plain and unadorned."

The Invasion of Heaven deals with the riddle of man's mind. It is the first hesitant step into a journey that ventures into the truly, truly unknown. You, yourself, toss this question about inside of your own head. Why am I here and what, for heaven's sake, is my real, bare-all purpose?

Loche, Newirth, a struggling psychologist, has received the news that one of his patients has taken her own life. He is beyond grief-stricken and holds himself somehow responsible for her death. Loche finds himself on a high cliff near his family's cabin in North Idaho. These woods were once a place of solace for him. Suddenly, he loses his footing and drops into the icy waters below. Within these once familiar waters is a monolith of an eye floating unseemingly near him. Is he hallucinating or is this "the real" real?

Loche cannot even begin to reveal this uncanny experience to his wife, Helen, and their young son. He takes to writing his thoughts down in book form and then turns it over to his mentor and friend, Dr. Marcus Rearden.

What takes place hereafter is an adventure ladened with fantasy, the supernatural, murder, mayhem, 600 year old individuals, and being smacked alongside the head with otherwordly creatures. beyond description. There's a bit of swashbuckling thrown in to keep you on the precipice of its jiggety jaggety edge. Obviously, this novel will not ring every individual's bell. That's why I would insist that you not open the door on this one unless you are full-out willing to walk across its bizarre threshold.

But if you do feel your legs and your mind moving in this direction, Michael Koep will wisk you away to a world in which you will be "winked out of existence" and back once again. "When I called this morning, the world was too much with me. I had given up to be sacrificed by a past I cannot change, a present I cannot hold and a future that promises nothing but the emptiness that I've known since my coming of age." Sounds a bit familiar for all of us.

Is there far more here than what meets "the eye" you ask? Oh, most certainly..........And decisions made will affect generations as the story continues in The Newirth Mythology with Leaves of Fire.

I received a copy of The Invasion of Heaven through NetGalley for an honest review. My thanks to Will Dreamly Arts and to Michael Koeg for the opportunity.

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I'm not giving this a rating as I gave up about 20% in. Other reviews lead me to believe that if you stick with it long enough, it turns out to be really good. However, my TBR list is already so long I'll never get through it and I figure an author needs to do something to capture my interest sooner rather than later. I will say that this book is certainly different!

Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for providing me an e-ARC of this book.

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I really enjoyed Invasion of Heaven as a whole. The beginning was slow and the sequence of time and flashbacks were confusing at first. I found myself flipping back later to understand what was going on.

About 1/4 through I was hooked. I did not see that last twist coming. I will definately read the sequal. Can't wait!!!

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