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Summary: Spiritual Superpower
Review: This book opened my eyes to the possible world beyond our eyes. Frank Peretti chose to write about angels and demons and I root for him all the way. Now, every once and a while I'll think whether some angelic Captain is pointing his troops toward some nearby town or if I have a specific angel of my own. I know this book is one heck of a lot of speculation but that doesn't bother me one bit. I like to take a walk on the wild side and that is what Peretti allows me to do with this book. This book might be shorter than the second book, but this one is by far better in my mind. Peretti saves his best plot and best characters for this book. But I can't say that I didn't enjoy the second book!
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Summary: Shedding some light on "This Present Darkness"
Review: This work of fiction by Frank Peretti draws a picture of the underlying spiritual powers at war in this world. He draws his inspiration from the Biblical passage Ephesians 6:12, "For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places." The general plot line focuses on two main characters, a pastor and a newspaperman, who live in the small town of Ashton, where corruption and deception are threatening to creep in and turn the people to new-age occultism. The plot gripped my attention, and the characters were well developed. Clever twists in the story also kept me reading. Further, the book is a good encouragement to prayer, an often underutilized aspect of Christian life. The colorful portrayals of angels and demons is primarily speculation, but mostly harmless. I would recommend reading "This Present Darkness," but one should make sure to keep the Biblical perspective on angels and demons in focus.
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Summary: "This Present Darkness" Frank E. Peretti
Review: The town of Ashton is where the main character, Hank Busch lives. The book is about the townspeople as well as Hank encountering all sorts of conflicts and struggles of life and dealing with them. Little do they know that everything they go through is all a part of the unseen awarness of the battle between good and evil.
The book basically talks about the presence of spiritual warfare in our lives and how real it is. Although the book is quite lengthy reaching almost 400 pages, it is rather a quick read. I am sure that you will enjoy the thrill and suspense of the novel as well as the descriptiveness.
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Summary: This Present Darkness by Frank Peretti
Review: I would like to commend Peretti for his outstanding accomplishments in this book. Every page kept me on the edge of my seat. His charachters were unpredictable, and, unlike many authors, he did not spend much time describing every detail of their appearance. The plot was faultless and interesting. I also believe he did a fantastic job with the demons and angels. The best part of the story, I believe, was the last page where Tal, a commanding angel, waits to hear the most frequently used phrase in the book: "Let's pray...".
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Summary: Great Christian fiction!
Review: I used to love to read mystery novels, stories full of suspence and intrigue. As a Christian I wondered if there was something out there I could feel comfortable reading, when I came across this novel in my church library. It deals with the struggle between good and evil. I saw where someone lessened this struggle by insisting what was portrayed as evil simply is not, but as a Christian familiar with God's Word I assure you it is forbidden in the Bible and is in fact evil. The story may take a bit to get into, but once you do it is action packed, full of suspense! I simply did not want the story to end! This story also is carried on in Piercing The Darkness, which I highly recommend! I actually enjoyed the second novel the most. Anyway, if you are looking for Christianity's answer to Stephen King, look no more! Good writing, good story, all from the view of a Christian writer. And I would recommend it to anyone!
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Summary: This Present Darkness: The Spirit World
Review: This Present Darkness by Frank E. Peretti is about a small town called Ashton being taken over by unseen evil powers. Marshall Hogan, a main character runs the newspaper, The Clarion. He and his reporter, Bernice Krueger get themselves in a bigger mess than they anticipated. Along the way Hogan finds himself losing his daughter, Sandy and his wife, Kate. Bernice also takes her beatings, working late nights and weekends. Both of them trying to figure out what is going on in their town. Hank Busche is the local pastor and also is on their side trying to save people from evil spirits.
On the other side working for Rafar, the evil Prince of Babylon, is Professor Langstrat, she teaches at the local college. Langstrat places control over young minds to do her will. Also, the local police chief along with many other big names in town are working for her. Half the town is battling against this evil presence while the other half is working with it making this a thriller.
I thought it began slowly, and picked up the pace toward the end when the spiritual warfare began. The plot of good versus evil had great twists that I did not expect. The book was interesting and not as predictable as I thought it would be. It certainly opened up my eyes to the spiritual realm around me.
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Summary: Amazing book!
Review: Lovely, lovely book. :) Though it IS quite long, and indeed, there are a lot of characters, it's a book that you can't put down. :) I have a special fondness for Tal...hehe. Anyway, the book is definitely worth the read. :)
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Summary: Changed Modern Christian Literature
Review: With this novel, Frank Peretti changed the landscape and future of christian literature... Not only was it extremely gripping, it inspired one to action. How acurate are his descriptions of the spirit world? Who knows? I tend to think that demons are a bit more enticing, but i was facinated by the angelic/demonic contrasts. I read this book 12 yrs ago when i was in jr. high and now just listened to the unabridged version... EXCELLENT!
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Summary: Good story not to be taken %100 seriously
Review: What Frank set out to do, and what he occomplished is treuly wonderful. He brought the christian unseen world into a context that is understandable and enjoyable. As one other reviewer sia,d most xian literature is dreadfully dull and unredable. This, and Jim Walker's books are very readable. Some of the pheology is stretched, but I think it's done so to give the story life. I do wish some angels had been killed, and are demons ugly? Also, some of the demons asked who Tal was. They all knew each other! That whole temper tamtrem that was put in there could have been eliminated. I don't believe that newagers are trying to take over the world like he says, but it does make for a good read. If you haven't read the book do so! I think it can be appriciated by both christian and onchristian alike. Just don't think it's a perfect reflection of reality as some people appear to believe.
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Summary: Fantastic!
Review: I was told about this book by a friend who insisted that it was a "must read" as she felt the story line mirrored much of my own life in unbelievable ways. As I read the book, I was able to relate personally to most of the story line. For an individual who often questions the "whys" of the world, the spiritual warfare depicted in this book helps one to realize that the battles in life are not of flesh and blood but rather of the darkness present that looms around us. While some of the battles between the evil spirits were at time a little slow moving, it did not take away from the story in any way, it just made me want to read faster to get to the next suspenseful scene. Another great book by Frank Peretti!
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