Treachery on Celestia: A Young Adults Thriller

I loved this book. It sucked me in right away, and I had a hard time putting it down. I laughed. I cried. It was so good.

If Dakota Knox was a teen 50 years from now, he would be Pheonix Sutton. In this 4th Apologetics Novel, Charlie's style is pretty clear. The book feels and progresses very similar to the Knox series, and has all the features that I love about Charlie's writings: the characters are answering challenges to Christianity, processing the world through a Biblical view, and in constant conversation with God. This book is certainly best described as a young-adults thriller as it engages (neither in a graphic nor unnecessarily detailed way) with some sexual themes. There's a beautiful juxtaposition of four "love" circumstances: what "bad guys" will do for love, what a hero is doing because of love, what a robot comes to believe about love, and that Jesus' love is the most beautiful of all. The book is fast-paced and a quick read, and what it lacks in detail it makes up for in wit. Charlie snuck himself (an 80 year old man!) and some cultural references in again, making for some fun "easter eggs" for not-young adult audiences. I highly recommend this book, and the Knox series, for any avid reader. The questions addressed are good and helpful, but I think the biggest asset is demonstrating the Christian life--the prayerfulness, the moral decisions, and the necessity of being Biblically informed. One may be tempted to say about the way things work out in the story, "Well, that happened because there was an author who wrote it that way," and that is the point: In Christ, all things work out for good (Romans 8:28), and His redeeming love is available to you.

I gave my grandson a copy of TREACHERY ON CELESTIA for Christmas, and he loved it! I gave him your three book DAKOTA KNOX series for his birthday yesterday and he was so excited!! I praise God for His imagination and giftings in you, Charlie Campbell.