The Warriors

by Mark Andrew Olsen

Book Overview

Here's a story to enthrall, educate, and energize Christians--a novel featuring exotic international locales, chilling scenes of evil in action, multiple-character plot lines, and a clash against real-life spiritual principalities and powers that carry eternal consequences.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 076420274X
• ISBN13: 9780764202742
• Release Date: April 2008
• Publisher: Bethany House Publishers
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.5" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

The Warrior

Very good and fast paced hard to put down. Gives a great continuation to the first book, the Watchman. It shows us how to fight without using a single weapon just prayer and how powerful it truly is. And it shows that there really is a war going on over us 24/7

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Dylan Hatfield is back in action, in a place he never thought he'd be--a stronghold of evil so powerful it can kill. Abby Sherman is summoned to Israel to receive the last words of a respected Watcher, only to be told to search for an ancient document that will help her call up Warriors. And all around them, a new terrorist threat bears down on the U.S. with a fury no one is sure they can stop. From the vile evil of underground caverns in Afghanistan to the picturesque majesty of the Alps, The Warriors takes the reader on an adventure that will shoot tingles down his spine. Dylan and Abby travel the world over in search of this document, their peculiar sight into the supernatural world of angels and demons helping them along the way. Whenever danger strikes, they can see the evil forces behind it, as well as the angels standing guard over them--but with this new threat to their country, it's soon clear that seeing isn't enough. They need to act. The Warriors is a sequel to The Watchers but easily stands on its own--I hadn't read the previous book but had no trouble following along this second story of Abby and Dylan (though now I'm dying to read their original story!). As someone who has always loved tales that include the supernatural, I was immediately caught up in this book. Olsen delves deep into the world just beyond our vision, mapping out possibilities that urged me to remember Paul's instruction to be in constant prayer. Full of adventure, wonder, and hair-raising suspense, The Warriors is a story not to be missed by those who love supernatural thrillers. You'll be turning those pages quickly and not want to put them down until you turn the last one.

Action packed

Reviewed by Carol Hoyer for Reader Views (11/08) Mr. Olsen has certainly got a way with his characters and vivid descriptions of the lands. As former partners against evil, the main characters Abby and Dylan are in the thick of things again. Having been partnered before in the same fight, Abby and Dylan are both very goal-oriented, as well as being attracted to each other. Dylan loves excitement and the more dangerous the better. He is in it again, against Abby's wishes. He accepts a top-secret mission to explore a tunnel where Bin Laden escaped in 2001. Abby goes to Jerusalem to see a dying watcher and receives news that a potential war been heaven's army and fallen angels might take place. She and Dylan plot how to stop the attack. One problem-- they didn't have much information. The reader will be caught up in this action-packed novel; once you begin, it is hard to put down. However, my recommendation would be that readers read Olsen's first book "The Watchers"-- to gain a better understanding of what happens in "The Warriors."

Awesome Glimpse into the Supernatural

Wow! Mark did it again,only better. I love Abby Sherman and her determination to do what God tells her. She listens,trusts, and moves as she is led. Mark quickly brought me into Abby's world with a sense of urgency.I followed her all over Europe to find the answer to save the United States from a bomb that could destroy the Eastern Coastline twenty miles inland. Mark's first hand experience of the continent comes though Abby's six senses in a remarkable way. Although she is constantly moving at a fast pace, she takes fresh notice of the beauty of the land that she is traveling through. Much of her time is spent with Dylan as they work together,interceding for others and a call to wake up long asleep warriors to fight together in their behalf. They come in the spirit from all over the world for prayer and it is comforting to the reader to know that God has warriors watching, waiting, and battling on the behalf of those who belong to Him. There is no call to small that the Creator doesn't hear and heed on behalf of His people. An interesting twist, Abby belongs to a group of people called by the Lord for specific work in the Kingdom of God. Her gifts go back many generations. Her mother is also gifted and supports Abby. I enjoyed this book and found it entertaining and informative. Although it isn't necessary to read The Watchers, you would enjoy The Warriors even more having had some insight into Abby and the way she thinks. If there were more than five stars to give these two books, well, I would! You won't be sorry, these are great reads. [...]

exciting faith based supernatural thriller

Abby Sherman and Dylan Hatfield argue over the differences between spiritual and mortal combat. They are Watchers; humans who hear God's voce and can see demons and angels fighting one another. Dylan is with a black ops operation in Tora Bora; the place where Osama escaped in Tunnel Nine from the allies during the overthrow of the Taliban. The Watcher realizes he and his peers have uncovered a Principality; a demon hold on earth. He is the only one to come out alive, but those who saved his life want him dead because they are possessed. Abby goes to Jerusalem to visit the Watcher the Sentinel who is dying but needs to deliver a message for Abby. A giant wave of destruction is going to destroy the North American eastern coast; to prevent onslaught Abby must find the summons in stone that will call forth the Warriors. Abby and Dylan meet up with both on the run while searching for the stone etching. Demon possessed American agents pursue them to prevent them from bringing the Warriors to fight the horde. Mark Andrew Olsen is an expert at writing exciting faith based supernatural thrillers in which a chosen few are chillingly able to see the true meaning of Revelations. Most people are unaware of Watchers and the few who do rarely believe they are part of God's plan, but instead assume they are crazy religious fanatics. Whereas Abby's faith carries her through one crisis after another, Dylan's doubts make him work harder at acceptance. Readers will enjoy this couple who if successful will prevent biblical calamity. Harriet Klausner