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Summary and Reviews of The Visitation by Frank Peretti

The Visitation by Frank Peretti

The Visitation

by Frank Peretti
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  • First Published:
  • Aug 1, 1999, 519 pages
  • Paperback:
  • Jan 2000, 519 pages
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A small Northwestern town has suddenly become a gateway for the supernatural. The secret behind this visitation pushes one man into a confrontation that will forever change the lives of everyone involved

A small Northwestern town has suddenly become a gateway for the supernatural. Sightings of angels, messianic images, a weeping crucifix with the power to heal, and a self-proclaimed prophet bring the national media and droves of curious people to this all-but-forgotten town. The startling secret behind this visitation pushes one man into a supernatural confrontation that will forever change the lives of everyone involved.

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Chicago Tribune
Not only is Peretti the country's top selling Christian fiction author, but he has become, by any standard, one of current fiction's biggest stars

Newsweek
In the world of Christian fiction, the hottest novels are those by Frank Peretti

People Magazine
One of the biggest surprises in publishing

The New York Times
Potboiling adventure is combined with a distinctly conservative theology

Time Magazine
The king of the [Christian Fiction] genre is Frank Peretti

Booklist - John Mort
A fine Peretti effort distinguished for its honest considerations of religious excess from the zealotry of born-again teenagers, convinced that signs from God are all about them, to the impersonality of a great church in Los Angeles, so big that the minister can only be seen on closed-circuit TV.

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