The Book of Joby

The Book of Joby is an epic fantasy complete in one volume.

Lucifer and the Creator have entered, yet again, into a wager they've made many times before, but this time, the existence of creation itself is balanced on the outcome. Born in California during the twilight years of a weary millennium, nine year old Joby Peterson dreams of blazing like a bonfire against the gathering darkness of his times, like a knight of the Round Table. Instead, he is subjected to a life of crippling self-doubt and relentless mediocrity inflicted by an enemy he did nothing to earn and cannot begin to comprehend.

Though imperiled themselves, the angels are forbidden to intervene. Left to struggle with their own loyalties and the question of obedience, they watch Lucifer work virtually unhindered to turn Joby's heart of gold into ash and stone while God sits by, seemingly unconcerned.

And so when he is grown to manhood, Joby's once luminous love of life seems altogether lost, and Lucifer's victory assured. What hope remains lies hidden in the beauty, warmth, and innocence of a forgotten seaside village whose odd inhabitants seem to defy the modern world's most inflexible assumptions, and in the hearts of Joby's long lost youthful love and her emotionally wounded son. But the ravenous forces of destruction that follow Joby into this concealed paradise plan to use these same things to bring him and his world to ruin.

As the final struggle unfolds, one question occupies every mind in heaven and in hell. Which will prove stronger, love or rage?

The Book of Joby is an instant classic of contemporary fantasy.

Author: Mark J. Ferrari
Publisher: Tor Books
Published: 08/21/2007
Pages: 640
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.85lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 1.70d
ISBN: 9780765317537

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 06/15/2007 pg. 584
Publishers Weekly 07/16/2007 pg. 151
Voice of Youth Advocates 08/01/2007 pg. 254 - Recommended - Better Than Most
Library Journal 08/01/2007 pg. 77
Booklist 08/01/2007 pg. 53
Voice of Youth Advocates 02/01/2008 pg. 542 - Recommended - Better Than Most
Booklist 05/15/2008 pg. 30

About the Author

For seventeen years, Mark Ferrari has made his living doing freelance illustration for such clients as Lucasfilm and Lucas Arts Games, Industrial Light and Magic, Electronic Arts, Chaosium Games, Amaze Entertainment, Tor, Ace, New American Library, The Science Fiction Book Club, and many others. The Book of Joby is his first novel.