The Paradise War (2006) (edit title/settings)

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• Lewis Gillies: Narrator of the story, friends with Simon. He is the more level-headed and less worldly of the two friends.
• Simon Rawnson: Another Oxford grad student. Lewis's friend and room mate. A classic rich kid dilettant and a bit of a spoiled brat,
• Mr. Nettles: Professor who helps lead Lewis down the path of adventure...
• Deimos: Cook and host at a discreet and very unusual cafe in Edinburgh that Mr. Nettles and Lewis stop at before the Lewis goes on his big adventure.
• Tegid: Bard in the Otherworld, Voice of the King, whose decisions are respected by all law-abiding citizens.
• King Meldryn Mawr: King of the Otherworld
• Ollathir: Chief Bard
• Ruadh: Princes Meldron's Bard
• Prince Meldron: Son of the King, war leader and skilled warrior
• Scatha: A great teacher and warrior. The young men of Albion come to her for seven years of training and perfection in the warrior arts.
• Gwenllian: Daughter of Scatha. Prophetess
• Govan: Daughter of Scatha. Prophetess
• Goewyn: Daughter of Scatha. Prophetess

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• “Truly, this was Paradise! A virginal creation, fresh and unspoiled; a world without blemish, whole and clean and undamaged by humankind's insatiable appetite for destruction. Paradise! I wanted to shout the word from the hilltops. Nothing in my previous life had ever prepared me for this ... this soul-dazzling harmony of beautty and peace, this fiery blaze of created glory. Like a tidal wave, the miracle of it whelmed me over, submerged me, pummeled me, and left me gasping for air. Paradise!”

  Lewis Gillies

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• “To friends! Life belongs to those we love, and where love reigns is man truly king!”

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• “Cling too tightly to your life and you will lose it, my reluctant warrior. You must become the master of your life, not its slave.”

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• Unbelievers enjoy the security of their unbelief; there is great confidence in ignorance.

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• We sit transfixed before the Tube Almighty, lulled into a false Nirvana by a stupefying combination of pernicious banality and blather while nocuous cathode rays transform our healthy gray cells into jellied veal!”

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• “Apart from pleasure, beauty also kindles imagination, hope, and encouragement. If beauty ceased to exist, we would, in a very real sense, cease to exist—for we would be no longer who we are.”

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• “Of course it is escapist,” he cried. “That is its glory! When a soldier is a prisoner of war it is his duty to escape—and take as many with him as he can.” He went on to explain, “The moneylenders, the knownothings, the authoritarians have us all in prison; if we value the freedom of the mind and soul, if we’re partisans of liberty, then it’s our plain duty to escape, and to take as many people with us as possible.”

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• “May God go with you on your journey, my wayfaring friends. A thousand angels go before you; a thousand prayers for your return. Peace! Good night.”

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• Digital clocks are symptomatic of our ambivalent age; they provide the precise time to the nanosecond, but no greater context: an infinite succession of “You Are Here” arrows, but nary a map.

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• “Knowledge is a burden—once taken up, it can never be discarded.”

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Setting & Locations edit see section history

• Oxford University: On campus.
• Invarness, Scottland
• Edinburgh, Scotland

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Glossary edit see section history

• Otherworld: The perfect opposite of our world

Series & Lists edit see section history

Followed by The Silver Hand.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Stephen R. Lawhead (Author)

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• Dewey: 813.54

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• Books › Literature & Fiction › Genre Fiction › Historical
• Books › Science Fiction & Fantasy › Fantasy