Abiding Flame by Pauline Creeden Book Review

As a recovering scientist, science fiction novels often catch my interest--especially if a particular book has more of a medical/alternate world/human nature hook attached to it as well.  The description of Abiding Flame seemed to combine both the usual good vs. evil conflicts--as well as some emotional, faith, and real-world, human conflicts as well.  I was excited to read and review Abiding Flame from author Pauline Creeden. 

 

Quick Summary of Abiding Flame by Pauline Creeden.  

Darkness can be overcome…

Terminally ill Lynette Lamb is forced to reunite her wayward son and grandson. Her options are as limited as her strength and mobility. Through a fateful series of events, the rejoined pair will leave Earth to become part of a colony orbiting a new planet. Sam Austin and his wife mourn the loss of their only child and decide to make a fresh start at the space station. The same ship holds the one who will fulfill the dark planet’s prophecy, but a demonic force boards to stop the vessel. The demon’s obedient but unwilling servant is sent on a suicide mission to keep the ship from reaching its destination.

Abiding Flame is fast paced and very well developed.  From the first pages, Creeden caught my interest in the characters' stories and kept me hooked until the very end.  She creates a wonderful blend of sci-fi settings and and action while keeping her characters and their plights based in a bit of realism.  There was never a point where I felt let down by a scene or a character.  Not to say that I liked all of the characters--but, they all served their purposes well and added to the novel.

Abiding Flame offers sci-fi, faith, flaws, and redemption.  Abiding Flame is not a simple science fiction novel where the characters fight evil to save their world--it combines realistically flawed characters, fiction, faith, within a futuristic world--and dots in opportunities for character redemption without becoming a same-old-same-old story.

Would I recommend Abiding Flame by Pauline Creeden?  I was expecting to like the book as I have read work from Creeden in the past and I enjoy her writing style--but, it even surpassed my expectations.  I did feel that the story ended rather abruptly--so I am hoping it continues into a series.  If you like science fiction with human elements, faith in God, evil demonic forces, and darkness, then Creeden offers a wonderful story in Abiding Flame. 

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Author Bio:

In simple language, Pauline Creeden creates worlds that are both familiar and strange, often pulling the veil between dimensions. She becomes the main character in each of her stories, and because she has ADD, she will get bored if she pretends to be one person for too long. Pauline is a horse trainer from Virginia, but writing is her therapy. Armored Hearts, her joint effort with author Melissa Turner Lee, has been a #1 Bestseller in Christian Fantasy and been awarded the Crowned Heart for Excellence by InDtale Magazine. Her debut novel, Sanctuary, won 1st Place Christian YA Title 2013 Dante Rosetti Award and is now available as an audiobook. #1 Bestseller on Amazon in Christian Sci/Fi and Fantasy (October 2013) One of Pauline's short stories has won the CCW Short Story contest. Other short stories have been published in Fear & Trembling Magazine, Obsidian River and Avenir Eclectia. An urban fantasy short will appear in The Book of Sylvari: An Anthology of Elves from Port Yonder Press, and a vampire short will appear in Monsters! from Diminished Media Group.

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