One of these books is fiction, the other nonfiction. Both books deal with warfare, one of them physical, the other, spiritual. As their plot develops, we see in both books a lot of reflection, strategizing, rationalization, conniving, manipulation, decisiveness and indecisiveness, leadership and lack thereof.
One of them deals with winning hearts and minds, the other, hearts and souls. The authors are skilfully adept at using psychological operations (psyop) to achieve their desired goals in their respective narrative. One terms its object as the enemy, the other as the patient. Both books are short literary works but pack a really hard punch in the gut.
I could very well say that after reading both of them, they are basically the same book. Except that they aren’t. Both books in their own way, extend grace, but in only one of them that grace is redemptive.
