Reviews

Once again Dennis has produced another thought-provoking book in the Gabriel Chronicles series.

Since time immemorial humans have created gods to explain the unexplainable. Dennis has introduced a benevolent supreme being called the Sharkra as the creator and controller of the universe.

I have all four books in the Gabriel Chronicle series. Dennis has a wonderful imagination and I have enjoyed reading his fourth book in the series.

Over the past two months, I’ve read all four Gabriel Chronicles. My thought, after reading the first in the series was, this would make a great movie. But after reading the fourth book, I changed my mind. Way, way too much story for a two-hour movie. But these novels would make a fabulous mini-series. I’m surprised Netflix or Amazon haven’t picked them up. Great story.

I’m always looking for a new author. At a suggestion from my sister, I tried Dennis Flannery. I read the first book of the Gabriel Chronicles and just started the second of the four-book series. I’m pleased to report I have a new author. I Highly recommend this guy. Great!

Right from the start this story pulls you in, begging the question- what would you do with unlimited resources? Instead of your now typical, dystopian view of our future, Flannery does the unusual, and moves in a positive direction when addressing the issues we face globally. How refreshing! These are woven into an engaging journey from Earth to the outer reaches of the cosmos. Space exploration, terra-forming, trans-humanism and other themes are all part of this gripping saga. Flannery is even willing to go there, and introduce the (modern taboo) notion of Sharkra, with thoughtful respect for the reader, and a surprising and fitting end to this wonderful four book series! I agree with another review that stated it would make for a great movie or mini-series.

After reading the 4th novel in this series, it occurred to me that The Gabriel Chronicles is just one really big book. I totaled the pages of the four and came up with 1446 pages. War and Piece is 1225 pages. Whoa! The fact that I actually read all four novels suggests that the “;Big” book was worth the time it took to read them. I hope Flannery writes a fifth.