Bestselling author Ted Dekker's Forbidden

What people are saying about "Forbidden"

“...true-blue Dekker, with mammoth twists and head-pounding turns that will have readers and book clubs debating the roles of emotion and logic that drive human existence.” --Publishers Weekly

“FORBIDDEN tugs at the heart and rends the soul, eliciting emotions of joy and sorrow, hope and despair, and even takes the reader to the brink of the greatest emotion of all—Love.” --Josh Olds, Life is Story

“With great plot twists, compelling writing, and unanswered questions, this is a must-read for Dekker (“Circle Trilogy”; Thr3e) fans and readers who enjoyed Lee’s controversial Demon.” --Library Journal

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The beginning ...

IN THE YEAR 2005, geneticists discovered the human gene that controlled both innate and learned forms of fear. It was called Strathmin, or Oncoprotein 18. Within fifteen years, genetic influencers for all primary emotions were similarly identified.

Nearly a decade later, in the wake of catastrophic war that destroyed much of civilization, humanity vowed to forsake all that had conspired to destroy it. Out of the ashes rose a new world in which both the advanced technologies and the passionate emotions that led to its ruin were eliminated. A world without hatred, without malice, without sorrow, without anger.

The only emotion genetically allowed to survive was fear.

For 480 years, perfect peace has reigned. Until now . . .