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The Returning by Rachelle Dekker

I read the first two. In fact, the first was one of my favorite books the year it was released. I loved the social commentary in The Choosing. The Returning was a conclusion of the story of a people that had abandoned themselves to man's law and were found and rescued by God. This final installment in the Seer series focuses on the child, Elise, that Rambo and Carrington had stolen away from them in the middle of the night at the end of the previous book. Elise has become a young lady that was raised by the archer in seclusion in the Authority city and told many lies about herself and her past. She, however, is rescued by a group of Seer that have been called to the city to bring change. They have encounters with people all over town, awakening them from the Genesis project that has kept them docile and obedient to the leader of the city. Dekker does an excellent job again of exploring our fight with faith. She delves into the darkness that can overtake us and how the light ca