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Four strangers with gifts they don't understand.
A world falling into darkness.
This is Harbingers.
You're invited on a journey of suspense and the supernatural as four of your favourite bestselling authors team up for a unique series.
From the minds of Bill Myers, Frank Peretti, Angela Hunt, and Alton Gansky, Invitation compiles the first four episodes of "Harbingers", each following a different character.
Brenda - the street-hustling tattoo artist who sees images of the future.
The Professor - the atheist ex-priest ruled by logic.
Andi - the professor's brilliant but geeky assistant who sees inexplicable patterns.
Tank - the naive, big-hearted jock with a surprising connection to a healing power.
Brought together for the first time in "The Call", the four soon realize pockets of darkness are emerging throughout the world. Whether it involves a mysterious house, the unexplainable death of animals around the world, or an otherworldly little girl, each puzzle they solve brings them closer to the ultimate explanation of what's happening. But will they discover the truth in time?
Review
Close your windows. Lock your doors. Check under your bed and look in your closet. Then curl up in your favourite chair with some (calming) tea before cracking open Invitation.
The first book in the new "Harbingers" series, Invitation is a collective effort by well-known authors, Bill Myers (his Forbidden Doors series gave me the shivers as a teen), Frank Peretti (the Christian fiction world wouldn't be the same without This Present Darkness and Piercing the Darkness), Angela Hunt (while not of the suspense genre, her "Heirs of Cahira O'Conner" series is one of my favourites), and Alton Gansky (Distant Memory was one of the first books that hooked me to the suspense genre). The story revolves around four, and sometimes five, different (and quirky) individuals who all have unique gifts, several of which are on the supernatural side. While it's a modern day setting, I felt immersed in an entirely different world! In each novella, they encounter some strange otherworldly experiences that require each of their special gifts to overcome. Intriguing doesn't begin to describe the stories. Full of suspense, a heavy dose of creepiness, and a smattering of sassy dialogue, Invitation was a great collaborative effort.
In the introduction to the book, the authors write that one of their "rules" to writing this book was to write it like a TV series, with each author's story akin to an episode. From there, depending on the response and demand of Invitation, it would then be decided whether further "episodes" would be written. PLEASE do write more. I haven't read a book as fast as I've read this one in a long, long time.
The first book in the new "Harbingers" series, Invitation is a collective effort by well-known authors, Bill Myers (his Forbidden Doors series gave me the shivers as a teen), Frank Peretti (the Christian fiction world wouldn't be the same without This Present Darkness and Piercing the Darkness), Angela Hunt (while not of the suspense genre, her "Heirs of Cahira O'Conner" series is one of my favourites), and Alton Gansky (Distant Memory was one of the first books that hooked me to the suspense genre). The story revolves around four, and sometimes five, different (and quirky) individuals who all have unique gifts, several of which are on the supernatural side. While it's a modern day setting, I felt immersed in an entirely different world! In each novella, they encounter some strange otherworldly experiences that require each of their special gifts to overcome. Intriguing doesn't begin to describe the stories. Full of suspense, a heavy dose of creepiness, and a smattering of sassy dialogue, Invitation was a great collaborative effort.
In the introduction to the book, the authors write that one of their "rules" to writing this book was to write it like a TV series, with each author's story akin to an episode. From there, depending on the response and demand of Invitation, it would then be decided whether further "episodes" would be written. PLEASE do write more. I haven't read a book as fast as I've read this one in a long, long time.
Book has been provided courtesy of Baker Publishing Group and Graf-Martin Communications, Inc.
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