Invitation: Cycle One of the Harbingers Series by Frank Peretti, Angela Hunt, Bill Myers, Alton Gans
Four Bestselling Authors Team Up for Thrilling Supernatural Suspense Gathering four stories from four bestselling author friends, Invitation is the first collection in the ongoing Harbingers series. In "The Call" by Bill Myers, four strangers are drawn together to help a student at the mysterious Institute for Advanced Psychic Studies. His gifts are supposedly being honed to assist world leaders . . . but there are some very disturbing strings attached. Frank Peretti's "The Haunted" confronts a supernatural mystery, a case of murder, and an exploration into the darkness of the human heart, all centering around a mysterious house. In Angela Hunt's "The Sentinels," animals around the world are mysteriously dying. What could it mean? When the tragedy begins to touch Andi's dreams, she discovers a terrifying theory. "The Girl" by Alton Gansky is a gripping tale of a young barefoot girl found holding a scroll in the snowy Oregon mountains. She is sweet, innocent--apparently not of this world--and something wants to kill her.
For those who like a bit of horror in their lives to get that adrenaline rush but aren’t comfortable with Stephen King levels then you should like what these authors bring to the table. It’s as if the horror genre and Christian fiction were thrown into a blender then poured out to create this story.
Four characters, four points of view, four authors, all come together to create one thrilling ride. Each author voices one of the main characters so you get a truly distinct style of character development.
Considering the experience these authors bring to the table it was not surprising to find stories with an interesting and well-thought out plot line, descriptive scenes, realistic dialogue, and an attention grabbing story arch. Despite the fact you have four people writing what is essentially one story they were able to keep the continuity in place so you didn’t get pulled out of the story by some errant detail gone awry.
I’ve been a longtime fan of Frank Peretti, Bill Myers and Alton Gansky so it was a real treat to find something new they’ve written. To discover this was created together was like the Christmas gift you asked for but never thought you’d actually get. Not having a previous familiarity with Angela Hunt’s writing style I wasn’t sure what to expect but considering the company she’s in knew she had to be good and she did not disappoint.
If you are a fan of Christian fiction then you will NOT want to miss this collaboration of talent and experience!
Thank you to Netgalley and Bethany House Publishers for allowing me to review this book.
*synopsis and pic from amazon.com