The Devil's Apocrypha: There are two sides to every story.

by John A. De Vito

Book Overview

The battle between good and evil began long ago. Before the birth of humanity, God and Satan fought for the domination of heaven. And, as everyone knows, God was triumphant over Satan's evil. The tale... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 059525070X
• ISBN13: 9780595250707
• Release Date: November 2002
• Publisher: iUniverse
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.2" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

A proud tradition

In the long and proud tradition of "The True Story of the Three Little Pigs" John De Vito brings us a captivating look at the other side of the story. It's written in a gripping style that will make you want to read it cover to cover in one sitting. In the same right, the subject matter is so appalling, spitting in the face of God and the western Christian tradition, that you'll feel guilty just reading it. It's that paradox that gives the book its charm. It's an amazing story that will make you laugh, think, and hate yourself in the most entertaining of ways. I do add this disclaimer: anyone who takes this book as anything but fiction is taking the message much too far. This is a great novel, but no more than a novel. That should be remembered.

Intriguing, well written and unexpected

For a self published book that probably had little in the way of professional editing, this work has a tight narrative, an intriguing premise and an easy to grasp structure. Taking the most well know book in the world, the Christian Bible, and retelling it from the losing party's point of view, we get some of the worlds most well known tales with a fascinating twist. Starting out in another universe on the brink of destruction, the inhabitants of that dimension flee to our universe to survive. Finding nothing here, they create the world for a singular purposse. They need the power of faith to sustain them. This order of powerful beings splits when one (Lucifer) rebels against manipulating the forthcoming humans into becoming repositories of faith. They are hurled to the center of the earth for their efforts. (This event becomes the meteor that destroyed the dinosaurs.) Thus begins the twists on the traditional Bible stories all told from Satan's point of view. Satan/Lucifer may not be such a bad guy after all. The book goes beyond the end of the Bible and winds up with Satan meeting with an ancestor of Martin Luther, eventually provoking the reformation. The author has chosen a neo-Shakespearean King James style of English to narrate his "recovered manuscript" that can be a bit difficult to get through initially. The concepts and story are strong enough to overcome this and you will find it adds to the overall experience. The book is short enough to read quickly and get the full impact of this remarkable premise. Go for it!

Wonderfully Written and Intriguing Read

If you are open minded you will love this book. If your are a religious person you may find this book a bit offensive. Especially since the author claims that it's not his work but based on actual writings collected by his great grandfather who was once a priest. Is it fiction or is it truth, let your heart decide...If anything, this is a fun book to read and will have you turning the pages with wonder.In essence the author claims that Lord God created Man(from the word manna meaning food for the heavens.) for prayer becuase the He That Is Three (God) and the Choosen(Angelica)need the sentient faith to survive. Man is the center of disagreement between Lucifer and God. God sees Mankind as his sheep, since he created us he sees fit to do what with us as he pleases...and really does not like to be questioned at all. Lucifer claims that since we are beings that have sentient we are beings with souls and that our lifes should be ours of our own choosen...it is the natural laws of the universe. He Who Is Three, will hear none of this and has Mikal(Angel of the Melder of the Physical.) bound the Fallen to the Mateial plane. This is just the begining.As I said a very thought provoking and wounderful read of the story of Mankind and the battle between the Heavens and Fallen Angels. Who side will you choose? After reading The Devil's Apocrypha, you might reconsider.

Electifying speculative fiction

In a universe separated from this one by time and space some sentient beings evolved so far that they left their material bodies behind. The came from different planets, some are even a collective mind and they speak to each other and contemplate many subjects. One day Lucifer tells He Who Is Three that he senses a change in the universe and the being that is three-in-one discovers that their universe is dying and he doesn't want to die with it.Using their combined mental energy they open a portal into this universe and their entry ignited the big bang. Planets and stars, light and dark came into being. Eventually a special planet formed and those sentient creatures created a creature who worship them for their prayers are fuel that is needed to keep them alive. When Lucifer objected to using man as sheep, they entombed him and his followers to stop them from revealing to man that they can transcend the material realm if allowed free will. Millennium later a priest was directed by Lucifer to find the tablets of the three mad prophets if he wanted to learn the true purpose of man ant to warn the world what they face.John A. De Vito's premise for this book is a very clever one based on the concept that history is written by the winners so the loser Lucifer is cast as the evil serpent whose sole purpose is to tempt man into the sin. The Apocrypha is Lucifer's story told from his point of view from the birth of our universe to the teachings of Martin Luther. This is a very imaginative colorful science fiction tale that shocks the audience with its suppositions and historical interpetations.Harriet Klausner

Wonderfully Written and Intriguing Read.

If you are open minded you will love this book. If your are a religious person you may find this book a bit offensive. Especially since the author claims that it's not his work but based on actual writings collected by his great grandfather who was once a priest. Is it fiction or is it truth, let your heart decide...If anything, this is a fun book to read and will have you turning the pages with wonder. In essence the author claims that Lord God created Man(from the word manna meaning food for the heavens.) for prayer becuase the He That Is Three (God) and the Choosen(Angelica)need the sentient faith to survive. Man is the center of disagreement between Lucifer and God. God sees Mankind as his sheep, since he created us he sees fit to do what with us as he pleases...and really does not like to be questioned at all. Lucifer claims that since we are beings that have sentient we are beings with souls and that our lifes should be ours of our own choosen...it is the natural laws of the universe. He Who Is Three, will hear none of this and has Mikal(Angel of the Melder of the Physical.) bound the Fallen to the Mateial plane. This is just the begining, As I said a very thought provoking and wounderful read of the story of Mankind and the battle between the Heavens and Fallen Angels. Who side will you choose? After reading Apocypha, you might reconsider.