Tosca Lee - Demon

I picked up Demon: A Memoir after reading the announcement from Ted Dekker that Tosca Lee and he would be writing together. After reading the book, being blow away, intoxicated with her writing, and my life altered, I can say my expectations for Forbidden are extremely high. But this post isn't about the upcoming book--it's about the spiritual trip that is Demon.

The basic plot of the book consists of two characters-Clay and Lucian. Clay is a newly divorced editor, and Lucian is a demon. Lucian tells his story-the fall of Lucifer to the death of Christ-to Clay who writes every word and publishes it. The perspective of the well known story from a fallen angel is intriguing. Lucian tells Clay about his wonder and amazement at God's creation, his bewilderment at God's love and forgiveness for "the clay people," and his own hatred for them because of it.

All of this is told in Tosca's lyrical writing style. It was almost intoxicatingly beautiful. The way it was told and what was told, blew me away and left me pondering long after I had pried my fingers off the pages. The book has literally changed my life as well. Never before had I considered what God's love for us mere mud people must look like to a fallen angel- a being that had not been given forgiveness.

I cannot wait to read Tosca's other books, and I'm looking forward to the team of her and Ted Dekker even more.