Forbidden is a science fiction fantasy novel by Ted Dekker and Tosca Lee, published in September 2011.[1] It is the first book in a trilogy[2], and will be followed by the novels Mortal and Sovereign in 2013.
Forbidden takes place four-hundred eighty years after an unknown brush with extinction. Perfect order reigns, and the world is at peace. No more disease or famine. But then one day a man discovers the truth: every single soul on earth is actually dead. The human heart has been stripped of all that makes it human. Now only he is alive and only he has the knowledge that can once again awaken humanity. But the way is treacherous and the cost is staggering. For, indeed, in that day life itself is . . . forbidden.