Not the best science fiction book I have read. The plot ended up being very predictable.Also the author's explanation of how the previous world collapses due to market failure did not sound very plausible. A failed market could be the start of destruction leading to greater economic problems, which is turn can lead to the current world to fail. I did not however agree with the author's sense of simplicity in this regard.The scenarios also did not seem real enough. After the current world collapses, people seem to be living in isolated villages. This is not how I would envision the collapse after a modern world. I would expect to see more underground organizations, corruption, and aggressive warlords. Instead you have none of that. The world simply collapses and China takes over.The characters in the book do not change either. The story starts of sounding very sexist. This is excusable given the age the original book was written. But in the future, after the collapse of the modern world, the men still seem to be the dominant beings, with the women looking up to support. I did not agree with this view either.I would recommend this book to high school students as the reading and story plot is very easy to follow. I didn't make it past the start of the 2nd chapter. The hero is a widower. He is good friends with his late wife's sister and her husband. In the first chapter, the sister comes on to him. Apparently she and her husband think he has been grieving too long and needs to get laid. At the start of the 2nd chapter, he is reflecting on the generosity of the friend offering up his wife that way. He doesn't think he could as generous himself! The "hero", and presumably the author based on some of the other reviews of this book, don't see any problem with thinking of their wives as objects or possessions to be shared around. I do have many problems with such a viewpoint so I put the book down.
What do You think about Son Of Heaven (2011)?
It is a five star story marred by the constant use of profanity and using Jesus as a swear word.
—laura
Interesting idea for the storyline, it's well written and easy to read.
—shalu
Quit. Wasn't enjoying the writing. More formulaic than I could enjoy.
—pie
I'll have to go back to this, as I never got very far into it.
—mariam7111998
