Genre: Fiction/self-help (parable style)/historical
Review/Synopsis: The Final Summit is the stand alone sequel to The Travler's Gift. A Traveler is a person who has traveled in time and David Ponder happens to be one of these people. In his seventies, he is feeling depressed and lost when the archangel, Gabriel, appears to him and asks him to lead the summit to find out the answer to saving humanity before it's too late. It's a race against time as David and all the great minds from history come together in this novel and together discover what humanity must do to save themselves.
I absolutely loved the way this story was written. It caused me to think and actually question my own actions to what I have done to help humanity or to hurt it. Do I do everything I can? The way this was written was a fictional story but it reminded me of a self help book as well, helping me to be more than I am and to try harder than I do. It was also fascinating reading the histories of the characters. Two of them I hadn't even heard of but their stories were amazing. What awesome people we have had throughout history who set such amazing examples.
Author: Andy lost both of his parents at the age of 19. His mother died from cancer and his father in an automobile accident. He found himself homeless. He started his career as a comedian in the 80s and performed in front of as many as 80,000 people. He was even the opening act for Joan Rivers for two years. His first book, The Traveler's Gift, was turned down 51 times. Finally, it was accepted and over a million copies were sold. A few of Andy's passions are history (which is obvious in his writing) and fishing in the Gulf of Mexico. Andy says he doesn't really like writing but he likes having written. (Info found here.)
Rating: ***** Five Stars
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Thursday, July 14, 2011
The Final Summit by Andy Andrews
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