"Hines handles the numerous flashbacks and switches in point of view well, and has a deft touch in knowing just how much information to give and how much to withhold...not for the faint of heart. Readers who consider most faith thrillers too tame should find this satisfactorily chilling."

"The story of Jude’s existential crisis and his gradual redemption...is compelling. The author keeps the religious aspect unobtrusively embedded in a well-paced suspense narrative populated by dynamic characters. Particularly well-drawn is the villain..."

--Kirkus Discoveries (Read the full review)

"(4 1/2 stars) T.L. Hines makes a grand entrance onto the novelist stage with his first book, Waking Lazarus...Not many books have me hooked with the first sentence, but this one did...spiritually challenging, complex, creative, intelligent."

--Mary Fairchild, about.com (Read the full review)