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ISBN:	0764226312 (ISBN13: 9780764226311)
Edition Language:	English
Literary Awards:	Christy Award for Allegory (2003)

Arena Paperback | Pages: 400 pages

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Title	:	Arena
Author	:	Karen Hancock
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 400 pages
Published	:	May 1st 2002 by Bethany House Publishers
Categories	:	Fantasy. Christian Fiction. Science Fiction. Christian. Fiction. Christian Fantasy

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Callie Hayes is living a life of fear and disillusionment when she volunteers for a psychology experiment that promises to turn her life around. As her orientation proceeds, Callie becomes frightened by the secrecy and evasion she encounters. When she demands to be released from the program, she is suddenly dropped into a terrifying alien world and into a perilous battle between good and evil. With limited resources and only a few cryptic words to guide her, Callie embarks on a life-changing journey. Will she decipher the plans the Benefactor has established for her escape, or will she succumb to the deception of the Arena?

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Ratings: 4.15 From 2227 Users | 261 Reviews

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I wish I could give this book a sixth star. Take a dash of Pilgrims Progress, toss in a good helping of The Matrix, and you get Arena by Karen Hancock. Talk about a book I couldnt put down. My teenaged daughter highly recommended Arena to me, and it turned out to be one of the most fascinating and unique novels I have ever read. Sci-fi fans will go especially crazy for this book, but everyone will appreciate the finely crafted allegory of the Christian experience. Callie Hayes thinks she is

What a book. I literally have no other words for it. I have read this book about 5 times and never fail to see something new.I'm just writing a brief overview as I HATE reading reviews and seeing accidental spoilers :D hope it helps to give a crazy short overview :)So it opens with Callie and her best friend, Meg, signing up for some experiment that is supposed to change their lives. The only problem is that Callie is SUPER dubious because this is not the first experiment Meg has dragged her

Arena by Karen Hancock.1/5 StarsI like to start my reviews with the best parts, themes, characters or whatever I think makes the book standout. This book has already been a heavy discussion piece in my "book club." However, not for the reasons a book should be. The only things about this book that I can muster in a positive aspect are the following: the message and the overall idea.Unfortunately, the execution of the idea was atrocious. The writing was bland, repetitive and overall boring. There

I'm not sure where to start. Though I enjoy this book from a purely sci-fi standpoint, its undertone is simply unbearable. Every time I manage to forget the fact that this book was written as a (rather shitty) allegory, something will come up that practically flaunts it. The best way to put it is your friend is telling a mildly amusing story. He means it to be humorous, but you find it interesting nonetheless. Yet every time you manage to forget how stupid the point of your friend's story is,

I enjoyed this book and didn't find that it was preachy in the Christian sense, despite the fact that is is listed as inspirational fiction. I can certainly see the parallels and allegory, but I do not believe that it would be a turn off to someone who was not a deeply religious person. I thought the message transcended Christianity as a moral tale of life, asserting ourselves and the choices we make. I enjoyed the little bit of an added happy ending as well. Sucker for the guy getting the girl.

So unusual and different ;)

To the person who recommended this book to me, first of all, I would like to say, "Mother, that was one weird bus stop!" What do you get when you combine a western novel with a sci-fi and a romance and Pilgrim's Progress? You get a cowboy shooting blue laser light at demons to save his true love. That's what. And then you stay up late into the night trying to find out what happens, and you come away with the same sort of impression you have after eating sushi or kimchee for the first