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Merciless (Dominion Trilogy #3) | 
| Author: Robin Parrish
Publisher: Bethany House
Category: Book
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Media: Hardcover
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Pages: 400
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Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.1 x 1.4
ISBN: 0764201794
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN: 9780764201790
ASIN: 0764201794
Publication Date: July 1, 2008
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Book Description
From the earth's depths crawls a figure with skin like granite, flames for eyes, and the face of Grant Borrows. Oblivion has arrived. Every clock around the world has stopped. Time has frozen. The Secretum have fulfilled the prophecy, unleashing on earth the most powerful being to walk the earth in thousands of years. His name is Oblivion and his touch is death. He can't be slowed He can't be stopped. And he can't be killed. But as long as any live who trust in hope and love and freedom, the fight is not over. They have only one chance before he brings forth the Darkworld. Oblivion is: Merciless
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 Bigger Than Life Heroes and Satisfying Resolution August 18, 2008
Merciless is the final novel in the "Dominion Trilogy." Comic book-type heroes, doomsday ruination of the world, death, sorrow and pain fill this book with dark moments. Robin Parrish not only handles these moments with page-turning intensity but also sensitivity.
This story is a loose allegory of the fall and redemption of man. Parrish handles the lean spiritual aspects with an interesting historical focus which made the storyline appealing. A Christian label on a book that doesn't have the plan of salvation spelled out but is much told in a world view of the awareness of man's fallen state and his need for redemption.
There are difficult passages dealing with heavy violence or loss of life. Super sensitive readers need to be aware of this. Merciless isn't an easy read. With prose that seemed more fluid than Fearless, Parrish also relaxed his vocabulary which will help readers who may not want to read with a dictionary. This also tightened his prose and made the story more natural and compelling.
The Dominion Trilogy is a solid adventure series with heroes that are truly bigger than life told in a voice that commands attention late into the night. Adventure lovers should look further into these novels.
 That's How You Finish a Trilogy! July 28, 2008
Grant Borrows has fallen into the depths of the earth. Out of the darkness climbs the unstoppable evil known as Oblivion to take his place. Oblivion has one goal: to destroy the Earth and bring torment and death to all humanity. However, a small remnant remains that refuses to give up. Armed with nothing more than hope they set off on one final mission to stop Oblivion and save the world from his destruction.
When I come to the end of a trilogy or a series it is always with some trepidation. Too often even the greatest writers don't know how to end the incredible sagas they have begun. Storylines are left dangling, we get no sense of closure, or alas they have to leave it wide open just in case they want to revisit the story later. All of these writers should pick up a copy of Merciless to see how it's done.
With the Dominion Trilogy, Parrish has proven not only to be a top notch writer, but a writer who knows how to tell a story. Each installment of this trilogy is simply incredible, and Merciless is everything you want in a finale. I was quite surprised that Parrish manages to answer all of our questions (and there are a lot of questions), and every storyline is tied up giving us the perfect amount of closure. The action and intensity never let up from the beginning and there are delightful surprises around every corner.
Strong spiritual themes abound in this installment and I was completely awed by the messages of hope, sacrifice, and redemption that are so beautifully displayed within these pages. Days after reading the last lines I still get chills from the final scenes with the characters that have become so dear to me.
I can't recommend this trilogy enough to anyone who loves quality storytelling at the highest level. I would encourage everyone to start at the beginning to really get the full experience of this amazing story. Robin Parrish has stormed his way to the top of my Must-Read List and he deserves to be at the top of yours as well.
Excellent July 27, 2008
9 out of 17 found this review helpful
From beneath the Taurus Mountains in Turkey, he climbs upward taking the DarkWorld with him. He is aware of his bloody future and the human sacrifices by the Secretum of Six, but is indifferent. His container awaits him on the surface; Grant Borrows will serve fittingly as his vehicle just like the naive Dominion Ring wearer's late sister was once used. Oblivion will soon surface and the end of days, not that fake propaganda found in Christian literature misinterpreting Armageddon, will begin when time stops.
Oblivion reaches the acme of the Hollow to the euphoric rejoicing of his Bringer, the Secretum of Six, who insured the Millenia aged prophesy of the end occurs. His body denotes instant death when excited Angela upon seeing her God reaches out to touch him. Oblivion begins his MERCILESS final trek to fulfill his destiny. However for the first time Secretum leader Devlin has doubts as Oblivion did not even notice his touch killed Angela and his comment of unworthy frightens the human. Still they follow their prophet, who says the DarkWorld has surfaced with him. Only the Ring of Dominion Bearers might be able to prevent the end of the world, but they feel like doubting David without a slingshot as each realizes the earth has changed for the worse as he is coming causing chaos and death in his wake.
Though there is a one page recap and this final tale can stand alone, to fully appreciate this excellent different Christian end of the world thriller, it behooves the reader to first peruse RELENTLESS and FEARLESS. The story is action-packed from the opening climb until the final confrontation between good and evil; but this is no Jesus arriving to save the day from Lucifer climax. Few if any villains are as amoral as Oblivion the MERCILESS is as humans are not even roach level to him. Robin Parrish, with this superb exciting trilogy, has brought freshness to a genre which suffered from a smug sameness to the biblical end of days' saga.
Harriet Klausner
One, Two, Three . . . BOOM! July 21, 2008
Let's start things off with a bang, shall we? Who cares about slowing down for a breath? This is the finale to Robin Parrish's trilogy that has broken barriers in the CBA marketplace. The pace is so fast that it feels more like a 200 page book than the actual 400 that it is. The plot is EPIC. Nothing about this book is small. Everything is on the largest scale imaginable. Questions are answered, story lines are pulled together, it buttons things up very nicely.
I have a couple minor qualms. The dialogue seems over the top in a number of places. I've never favored the hefty use of italic words in this series, or the reliance on elipses (. . .). Sometimes this adds tension to the dialogue, but more often than not it makes it feel exhausting and cliche--to me anyway. Some areas felt rushed, leaving the prose a bit choppy. But other areas were very well crafted, leaving me to believe that Parrish could have written the choppy spots better, but he ran out of time.
Let none of this distract you from picking up this book and the first two of the series. It is seriously fun to read with plenty of action and twists. Robin Parrish has unleashed a brilliant epic that should not be missed by a single fan of anything having to do with superheroes, thrillers, action, mystery, or just plain good stories.
Parrish rips out a winner and scares the competition July 13, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Ancient buildings are pulverized into dust. Fire and blood rain down from the sky. Oblivion has come to Earth with power that would make Superman cry and no one can stop him.
In this blockbuster finale to what has been one of the most interesting twists on the superhero, Parrish takes the reader back to a time when comic books weren't one rehash after another.
Parrish delivers one blow after another. This book is simply fun storytelling.Watch out Greg Rucka.
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