"Enchantment Incorporated" by Zachary Carden. A Review.
(Originally posted 13 February 2023. Updated with Abigail's review on 21 February 2023. MWP) For someone who is still 16 years old in his heart, it was a delightful book. “Enchantment Incorporated” is a 186-page softback penned by Zachary F. Carden, Director of Family Ministries at The Church of the Apostles in Atlanta, Georgia. The tale is a fantasy piece that melds together modern technology, including cellphones, computer programs, and lasers with dragons, elves, gnomes, dryads, naiads, Minotaur’s, and a host of other creatures. It’s a story of a collision of realms and existences in the present. Under and inside the story echoes another one. This one feels like it walks along a gospel path. There’s a (good) creation. Then there’s a fall, where things go horribly sour. Next comes a rescue that gives way to a renewed creation. Further, there is a lover who sacrifices for the beloved. Inside the fall, and as the rescue is unfolding, there is a disparate team melded t...
