This is a great action packed adventure book. There were times where I was a little confused, for example understanding the Certabum game in the Colesium but I still enjoyed reading those parts. I really like Lucifer as a character and found that he developed and grew as the story progressed. I do not like Jehovah and found the more the story progressed the more I didn't like him. Many of the side characters such as Sariel, Batarel, Gaea and Elandril are all very likeable. I also liked how the story progresses. This is not a book you can read as a standalone, though it does wrap up quite nicely at the end. However, as it is the first in a trilogy, it is obvious that you need to read on to see where the story will eventually end and the final make up of each of the characters. I look forward to reading the second book. ( )

This was an impressively complex sci-fi/fantasy. I enjoyed how far away from the norm the author traveled, stretching the way the reader must understand reality in order to follow the plot. Time was fluid, and magic melded with science beautifully. ( )

Lucifer's Odyssey by Rex Jameson (book 1 in the Primal Patterns series) is definitely not your typical epic paranormal fantasy science fiction novel. It is also not likely to be appreciated by fundamentalist Christian Evangelicals lacking an open mind when it comes to such biblical characters as Lucifer, Jehovah, and Michael. Covering three parallel universes and hundreds of millions of years, this book combines supernatural creatures (demons, angels, and goblins/elves), a mixture of magic and advanced science, political intrigue, war, and cosmology to create an epic, action/adventure romp that will make you think while keeping you turning the pages. It's not every day you read a novel written from the demon Lucifer's point of view. I thoroughly enjoyed this well-written book and look forward to reading book two. So if you are interested in reading something more than the typical science fiction space opera, then you could do far worse than this first book in the primal patterns series. ( )

This was a good fantasy - slash - science fiction story. I love how the author gave a different side of Lucifer, Jehovah, Michael and other Bible characters. Its not actually blasphemous since they're all totally different characters. I just did not like the ending. It was all too weird for me. ( )

Witty, Sarcastic and fun. This is definetly not a bible story. A bit confusing at the onset but once you get to about the forth chapter, everthing starts making more sense. Once you get passed the character names and get into the story this turns into quite the science fiction fantasy battle story. Excellent writing style allows you to visualize every scene. Good way to spend an afternoon in the sun. ( )