The Original Sin

by Marius Gabriel

Book Overview

Eden van??Buren lies chained to an iron bedstead in a homemade??cell. Her captor is a handsome tormented young??sculptor who lives alone in the Arizona desert. He??is honest, compassionate, and uninterested in??money. Why then has he kidnapped Eden and demanded??ten million dollars in ransom? And why does he seem??intnet on destroying Eden's mother? The answer??lies in half-century of dseire, brutality, and??betrayal--a dark skein of tangled lives...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0553079298
• ISBN13: 9780553079296
• Release Date: April 1992
• Publisher: Bantam
• Length: 654 Pages
• Weight: 2.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 6.5" x 1.7"

Customer Reviews

Original Sin

Marius Gabriel's debut book is my favorite so far. It is such a captivating story, I could not put it down. The plot is so elaborate with so many unexpected turns. It is passionate, sexy, suspenseful and twisted; all the ingredients necessary for an amazing and compelling read.Gabriel is a talented author with a very vivid imagination. I definitely recommend this book.

One of my favorites

Marcus Gabriel makes you fall in love with the feelings between Joel and Eden. Then, when you find out what they are, your stomach swirls around. Great ending though, not the ending I expected, but better. One of the best books I have ever read.

I love Marius Gabriel's style

Having had Mask of Time delivered to me accidently, and having read it because I was short on reading material at the time, I became hooked on Mr. Gabriel. I then purchased his earlier book, the Original Sin. I read it a long time ago but I recommend it, and Gabriel, to all my new reading buddies. His style is captivating, his characters real, his plots are intriguing. I absolutely loved Original Sin and did not want it to end. There is nothing I did not like about this book and I look forward to his next book. This is a great read.

Smashing Read!!!

Was up all night reading..... just could not put down his book. It was like nothing I've ever read b4. The characters are sooo frighteningly real, the emotions so human and the setting so tangible. I loved Mercedes and Joel... the pain they go thru made me wanna cry... the begining and the body of the story was smashing... the kidnapping, the flashbacks, the war, the secrets, the addiction, the pain, the love... all just bowled me over. Nothing in the story was superficial or far-fetched. BUT, (here it comes)... the begining of the end was a bit disappointing. I felt that the author could have ended it on a whole different note, perhaps what I was looking for, was a longer and more satisfying happy-ending for Joel and Eden. Gabriel kinda ended it abruptly, like he was in ahurry to get it over with! I was hoping for a better reconciliation between Joel and his mother, with a lot more warmth... she treats him in the end like it *was* all his fault that she had an incestous affair with her own father. Since I am an incurable romantic, I was also looking for another couple of pages of "hugging and cuddling" for Eden and Joel after they come to know that they are not brother and sister!!.... Well! It was a very good read anyway.... KUDOS!

Can't put down!

My first Marius Gabriel and I wasn't sure if I would like it. What a surprise! From the beginning I couldn't put it down. The characters were so real and we seemed to go through Eden's pain with her as with Joel. By the end of the story you were routing for Eden and Joel to be together forever. Mercedes Eduard is one tough ombray!!! The way the author described the history of Spain with the war and the ruins was fascinating and almost made you think you were there with Mercedes along her travels. I recommend this book highly and we look forward to continue to read from this author.