Green by Ted Dekker is part of his highly allegorical series called The Circle Trilogy (Black, Red, and White). How does that work? Well, this one is called Book Zero, therefore making it possible to have four books in a trilogy. Anyway, this book is both an introduction and an ending to the Circle Trilogy. The purpose of this book is to further mesh together the plot of the other three to the point of creating a never ending, circular plot.
The story continues where White, the last book in the trilogy, left off. Thomas of Hunter (also known as Thomas Hunter, depending on which world he's in at the time) is leading the "albinos" (representing Christians) as they strive to live for Elyon (representing God) as they are persecuted by the Horde (representing unbelievers). As I mentioned before, this series is highly allegorical and you will need to keep your brain in gear as you read it in order to fully grasp the depth of the book. Each book in the series traces through themes in the Bible. Black deals with creation and the fall; Red deals with Old Testament believers; White deals with the church age; and finally Green deals with the tribulation period. However, once you reach the end of Green, there is this sense of eastern mysticism in the sense of the never-ending circle. I know it sounds complicated, but Green, which picks up where White ends, ends where Black begins. Dekker tends to remain vague on some doctrinal issues and leaves them up to the reader's interpretation of the story. It all depends on how much you read into the allegory. Green ends where Black picks up, therefore completing the Circle that makes this series a circle. Altogether, it was interesting to read.
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