Illusion

A Novel

De: Frank Peretti

Narrado por: Frank Peretti

Dane and Mandy, a popular magic act for 40 years, are tragically separated by a car wreck that claims Mandy’s life—or so everyone thinks. Even as Dane mourns and tries to rebuild his life without her, Mandy, supposedly dead, awakes in the present as the19-year-old she was in 1970. Distraught and disoriented in what to her is the future, she is confined to a mental ward until she discovers a magical ability to pass invisibly through time and space to escape. Alone in a strange world, she uses her mysterious powers to eke out a living, performing magic on the streets and in a quaint coffee shop.

Hoping to discover an exciting new talent, Dane ventures into the coffee shop and is transfixed by the magic he sees, illusions that even he, a seasoned professional, cannot explain. But more than anything, he is emotionally devastated by this teenager who has never met him, doesn’t know him, is certainly not in love with him, but is in every respect identical to the young beauty he first met and married some 40 years earlier.

They begin a furtive relationship as mentor and protégée, but even as Dane tries to sort out who she really is, and she tries to understand why she is drawn to him, they are watched by secretive interests who not only possess the answers to Mandy’s powers and misplacement in time but also the roguish ability to decide what will become of her.

Frank Peretti has crafted a rich, rewarding story of love and life, loss and restoration, full of twists and mystery. Exceptionally well written, Illusion will soon prove another Peretti classic.

©2012 Frank Peretti (P)2012 Simon & Schuster

Reseñas de la Crítica

“Frank Peretti is a master storyteller. His novels stay with you a lifetime, drawing you closer to God and the truth in His word.” (Karen Kingsbury, New York Times best-selling author)

"Frank Peretti kicked open the doors that all of us Christian novelists are passing through today. We owe him a huge debt." (Jerry B. Jenkins, author, The Left Behind Series)

"Frank Peretti may just be the master storyteller of our time - using modern metaphors and fresh images, this remarkable writer helps us visualize the unseen world in ways we never quite pictured before." (Joni Eareckson Tada)

Peretti is one of kind

I've loved Peretti's work for years, original ideas, engaging mysteries, with logic reasoned out to a strong finish. I recommend his work to anyone that loves to read and think beyond the storyline. He is a Christian author and one of the reasons I started reading his work but I strongly recommend this book for science fiction lovers! You won’t be pounded by his Faith but you will get a feel for his depth of character. The science this story takes a person on is a roller coaster for sure :)

This was the first time I listened to a book read by the author, it was such fun to feel the story and excitement knowing that it was truely the way he would have wanted it.

Wow

That is all I can really say….wow! The story may seem a little weird at first but stay with it, you will be rewarded.

Stunning Romance-Mystery-SciFI

Illusion is a smooth blend of genre - mystery, romance, and even a little science / speculative fiction added for good measure. Peretti takes the reader on a journey through life, death, and eternity. Like the magicians that make up the main characters, the more I describe ruins the magic of the book. It is simply a suspenseful, harrowing, tear-jerking, emotionally stirring, mind-ending, wide-eyed-wonder capture of the human experience.

Even more than the book, it is wonderful to hear Peretti narrate this. He has a great grand-fatherly tone and I was taken back to my childhood when my grandfather would tell stories at bed time. Even more than just the quality, as Dane and Mandy are patterned off of him and Barb, his love shows through his voice.

Thank you Frank Peretti, for a quality piece of writing that warms the spirit, massages the heart, and stimulates the mind.

great story and well told!

This wasn't the story I thought it would be but loved every minute of it. I am never disappointed by Mr. Peretti!

Beautiful story, beautifully read...

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