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The Rising by Robert Oives
The Rising is a very captivating novel, the motives of the characters all square with their decisions and suggestions. Throughout the novel, C.J is the primary protagonist. The series of events as a whole advances entirely inevitably, in a story that is compelling and relevant, yet still manages to amaze the reader several times. The preferred theme of the novel is, of course, religious. This is commanded with a good deal more delicacy than I admit I had anticipated, particularly on the part of the religious characters like Bennington Reed. The ugly, human difficulties of Lynn Walker, C. J.'s mother, and the reality that these have limited or nothing to do with just "not having faith," are achieved unusually well. The way in which the thematic and plot predicaments of the novel are tied together in the conclusion is eminently useful.
C.J was a young boy striving to do the right thing. A proof that C.J. Walker could undoubtedly raise the dead is covertly videoed, then publicly displayed. In one morning, C.J.'s mother, Lynn, saw their home become a fortification and her son becoming a target the society’s pressure was mounted on C.Js family. Grieving persons are despairing to see their loved ones raised from the dead. Spokespersons from religious groups, scientific organizations, news, medical and government agencies all lead in to gain maximum places of influence over the greatest power on earth (raising the dead). Through the distress, Lynn and her divorced husband, Joe, strive to find a way to escape with C.J. Their aim is to keep him protected from all the persons pursuing him. They want to make it attainable for him to live an ordinary pressure-free life again. To do it all, they must act swiftly before he's stolen away by powers in high places.