The Christ Clone Trilogy

“It’s always amazed me how eager humans are to believe that line. All I have to do is draw their attention to some pretty bauble or trinket that’s just beyond their reach, tell them how unfair it is that they don’t have it, and that if God was really good and loving, he wouldn’t keep them from having it. Money, power, sex: it all works pretty much the same. Of course the most seductive temptation for humans has always been telling them they can be their own god, or at least be equal to God. It worked with Eve in the Garden of Eden - ’you will be as God,’ Lucifer told her. It’s worked throughout the centuries.”

-- “The Christ Clone Trilogy” by James BeauSeigneur

Some of my Amazon recommendations lately have dealt with the End Days of Christian lore, and I was game, but I needed some friendlier, easier-going reading. A novelized treatment of a subject is always a good first step for me, allowing me to become more familiar with the concepts and themes, sugared over with the dramas and romances of fictional characters.

Unfortunately, the only novels I knew were the books of the “Left Behind” series. In spite of having made a few caustic, denigrating posts on the books over the years past, I looked them up on Amazon hoping to find some guidance, and I was not encouraged. Of course, the series has a huge fan base and you can certainly find a lot of glowing reviews, but the excerpt of the first novel looked like it was written for junior-high kids, and I also came across a number of reviews that supported my preconceptions about the worth of the particular theology that its authors pursue, and it is likely to be more chauvinist than it needs to be.

However, I came across one reviewer that suggested an alternative, which I had never heard of: “The Christ Clone Trilogy”. And did I strike gold!

This series jumps off with a science-fiction premise, as it begins with the hullabaloo over the Shroud of Turin in the 1970s, spinning off from there with the idea of cloning the living cells found in the shroud. In fact, the first two books are so much more science fiction than novelized theology, that if you picked up the series blind, you might not realize it is a Christian tale of the End Days.

Mr. BeauSeigneur worked as an intelligence analyst for the CIA, and he has written on strategic defense and military avionics. So, for instance, when he writes about the massive asteroids that crash into earth in book two, he really brings the science, entreating the reader to a detailed account of the mayhem and destruction. He also does a good job when writing of the nuclear holocausts that befall the nations of the world. So, this isn’t just churchy stuff and preaching.

In fact, I was a little disappointed in that I was seeking some theology, after all. I need not have worried, though. In book three, the Bible and theology come into full play and takes center stage. And I never expected him to take the action into Heaven! This is not Milton, but I think this trilogy may complement “Paradise Lost” nicely, giving us the full drama of the alpha and the omega of humanity’s story in the Christian universe.

The Christ Clone Trilogy

“It’s always amazed me how eager humans are to believe that line. All I have to do is draw their attention to some pretty bauble or trinket that’s just beyond their reach, tell them how unfair it is that they don’t have it, and that if God was really good and loving, he wouldn’t keep them from having it. Money, power, sex: it all works pretty much the same. Of course the most seductive temptation for humans has always been telling them they can be their own god, or at least be equal to God. It worked with Eve in the Garden of Eden - ’you will be as God,’ Lucifer told her. It’s worked throughout the centuries.”

-- “The Christ Clone Trilogy” by James BeauSeigneur

Some of my Amazon recommendations lately have dealt with the End Days of Christian lore, and I was game, but I needed some friendlier, easier-going reading. A novelized treatment of a subject is always a good first step for me, allowing me to become more familiar with the concepts and themes, sugared over with the dramas and romances of fictional characters.

Unfortunately, the only novels I knew were the books of the “Left Behind” series. In spite of having made a few caustic, denigrating posts on the books over the years past, I looked them up on Amazon hoping to find some guidance, and I was not encouraged. Of course, the series has a huge fan base and you can certainly find a lot of glowing reviews, but the excerpt of the first novel looked like it was written for junior-high kids, and I also came across a number of reviews that supported my preconceptions about the worth of the particular theology that its authors pursue, and it is likely to be more chauvinist than it needs to be.

However, I came across one reviewer that suggested an alternative, which I had never heard of: “The Christ Clone Trilogy”. And did I strike gold!

This series jumps off with a science-fiction premise, as it begins with the hullabaloo over the Shroud of Turin in the 1970s, spinning off from there with the idea of cloning the living cells found in the shroud. In fact, the first two books are so much more science fiction than novelized theology, that if you picked up the series blind, you might not realize it is a Christian tale of the End Days.

Mr. BeauSeigneur worked as an intelligence analyst for the CIA, and he has written on strategic defense and military avionics. So, for instance, when he writes about the massive asteroids that crash into earth in book two, he really brings the science, entreating the reader to a detailed account of the mayhem and destruction. He also does a good job when writing of the nuclear holocausts that befall the nations of the world. So, this isn’t just churchy stuff and preaching.

In fact, I was a little disappointed in that I was seeking some theology, after all. I need not have worried, though. In book three, the Bible and theology come into full play and takes center stage. And I never expected him to take the action into Heaven! This is not Milton, but I think this trilogy may complement “Paradise Lost” nicely, giving us the full drama of the alpha and the omega of humanity’s story in the Christian universe.