Reviewed by Rachel: 8.5 out of 10.

Two years ago, Art “Mac” Mackenzie was a respected newspaper journalist with a wonderful family and a great future. Now he lives by himself, eking out an existence as a freelance writer. His faith in God, humanity, and virtually everything else is gone. What’s left is a pile of bills and the ache of his eldest son’s death. Enter a woman in a psychiatric ward, with an off-the-wall story of how aliens abducted her, created a baby within her, and later stole it. From her seemingly twisted account springs the potential media story of the century . . . and more trouble than Mac has ever imagined. In this engrossing page-turner, Mac follows his story to Israel, where he comes across the remains of one of the Nephilim: an ancient biblical giant, sired by demons and born of human women. Mac’s encounter is just the tip of a terrifying supernatural iceberg — for the Nephilim are back on earth. And Mac has stumbled onto their secret. Nephilim winds from the Holy Land to the Nevada desert, through mind-numbing dangers and choices that will affect the future of the human race. Just one hope stands between Mac and destruction: the power of the risen Messiah. But can it save Mac and his children from the evil spiritual forces that spawned the Nephilim? Or fulfill his agonizing quest for meaning and purpose in life? Nephilim. Giants. Aliens.

Fact or Fiction?

I personally find the topic of aliens/UFOs/extra-terrestrial life very fascinating so this book had me intrigued right from just looking at the front cover. In my opinion, Marzulli really knows how to write a good story. I loved his in-depth description of all his characters, how he described all of their emotions; anger, laughter, fear, loneliness, envy and hate (to name just a few) in an open and realistic way. You feel as if you could be a part of the story and any of the circumstances could happen to you in real life.

He has done his research superbly well and the theories that he presents are unfortunately, scarily believable and enough to put fear in to any self-respecting person’s heart. However, being a Christian author, he certainly doesn’t leave the reader without hope.

I was hooked from the beginning and couldn’t put the book down. With some excellent twists, some sober moments and some intense action, I believe this book has something in it to satisfy everyone: Sci-fi, action, thrills, romance and drama all intertwined with a blatant Christian worldview.

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Reviewed by Burton: 6 out of 10.

“A very provocative scenario. It appears Lynn Marzulli has done his homework.” Chuck Missler

In the first chapters of ‘Nephilim’, Art Mackenzie, a alcoholic reporter, stumbles upon evidence of a government cover-up. He infiltrates the restricted floor of a mental hospital, where patients, all women, are kept sedated and restrained. One woman tells him that something fathered an inhuman child in her (a Nephilim – the offspring of a fallen angel and a human mother). Thus begins the story of what really happened at Roswell New Mexico, cattle mutilations, alien abductions, secret underground bases, black-op military units, conspiracies within conspiracies, and a clever story which links UFO phenomena with the Biblical account of the Nephilim in Genesis 6. The book explores a fascinating and refreshing end-time theory which, while a bit bizarre for the average person, is disturbingly believable.

I have always been fascinated by UFO phenomena and how it fits within a Christian World view, so I couldn’t wait to read ‘Nephilim’. Unfortunately, I was a little disappointed. The first half of the book was relatively slow and instead of being yanked into a ‘just couldn’t put it down’ story, I found myself reading with a ‘just to finish it’ attitude. It also felt like the story was one big vehicle in which Marzulli uses to promote his end-times theory.

A couple of positive points… This book is blatantly Christian and makes no apologies for being so, which I found quite refreshing. There are many Christian authors who include Christian ideas throughout their stories to cover both the Christian and secular market, there is nothing wrong with this, but I did enjoy the non-compromising nature of Marzulli’s writing. The possible End -Times aliens scenario that Marzulli believes is one that shouldn’t quickly be excused as being ’science fiction’.

If you enjoy a thought-provoking story with occasional smatterings of suspense horror and action, and have an interest in aliens and the paranormal, Christian or non-Christian… you may find this book a great read. This reader however, found it a thought-provoking ‘average’ one. Speaking of average, the review rating on Amazon is 4 out of 5.

Nephilim is book 1 in a trilogy. The Nephilim story continues in The Unholy Deception, and The Revealing.

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