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This Present Darkness

By: Frank E. Peretti
Narrated by: Frank E. Peretti
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Publisher's Summary

Ashton is just a typical small town. But when a skeptical reporter and a prayerful pastor begin to compare notes, they suddenly find themselves fighting a hideous New Age plot to subjugate the townspeople, and eventually the entire human race.
©2003 Frank E. Peretti (P)2003 Crossway Audio

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Best christian novel to read in order to understan

Loved the story and the narrator was awesome. unfortunately the background music was incredibly distracting and I kept missing parts of the narration due to that.

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Good but not great

Wasn't as good as reading the book which I have read dozens of times. The narrators different character voices were not very good and the sound effects were dated. Was also missing parts that are in the book which I wasn't expecting.

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(Sigh)...Face Palm!

To start with, I purchased the abridged version by accident (mistake No.1)

Now it may sound strange, but I find that a mid 80s sounding synth keyboard being used as background music throughout a story with the intent of providing "ambiance" can be a little distracting. Should have listened to a sample first! (mistake No.2)

So needless to say, this audio book was switched off within five minutes of hitting the play button. I had read some great reviews and all, but something just wasn't right with it. I mean.... it just seemed....somewhat watered down...
After another short web based research session I discovered, to my utter dismay, that I had just purchased a "christian horror novel"!

I'll paraphrase a quote from another unknown reviewer, "the idea of a christian horror novel is as ridiculous as the idea of christian porn." Didn't do my research!
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To make matters much worse, I discovered that upon charging the $9.99 to my old credit card by mistake (which is now inactive) I had incurred a $30 non-refundable bank fee! (mistake No.4)

So to summarize, I payed $40 to listen to 5 minutes of a 2 hour long "christian horror novel" with a six year old mashing the keys of a cheap, battery operated, toy piano in the background whilst I clawed at the steering wheel of my car and fumbled through my iPhone to find the stop button, narrowly missing a pedestrian in the process.

Excuse me while I punch myself in the face......

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