It’s 1,000 years after World War III, where the armies of the world have basically destroyed the planet and most people on it, presumably by nuking everything. God, yes the real, living god, was so pissed, that he almost listened to those in Heaven calling for a Final Judgment. Yet, some humans were pleading with God, saying they were repenting, what had happened was just. So, God, in his infinite mercy, decided to give Earth and its humans a second, albeit, small chance. He created a new type of world where he took the few remaining people on it, mixed them together, and deposited them all together in various locations around the world, close enough for some communication, but far enough to keep giant armies from forming and repeating stupid, former mistakes. So, black, Asians, whites, Native Americans, etc, all were mixed together, and new languages were formed with new dialects and people learned to get along. And the Church oversaw all. And to top it off, God gave this world 17th Century technology.

One problem. Aliens. Lizards, to be exact. Some invade and kick ass, that is until some warrior “brothers” from some Christian (Protestant), Catholic, and Buddhist sects, led by angels, travel great distances to kick their asses and save humanity from the aliens. And along the way, a great story is told.

This isn’t the greatest dystopian novel I’ve ever read. Post-apocalyptic fiction suffers from “been there, done that” problems. It’s hard to do much that’s new. This book, however, does introduce some new elements into the sub-genre, so I think that’s in its favor. It can drag in places and sometimes the main protagonist, Luis, seems a bit slow-witted, although he’s got some nice physical skills and is good with a sword. But overall, it’s an entertaining story and decent enough for me to buy its sequel. Not five stars, but a solid four star book. Recommended. ( )

Premise is that world nearly destroyed itself via a world wide war. "Monitors" from space cleaned it up and distributed the few survivors all over the world with very little tecnology. Now an alien spaceship was marooned and the species, the "lizards", were abusing the local population. ( )

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