Illusion: A Novel

Brief Description: A grieving husband encounters a teen identical to his dead wife-- in face, name, and magical skills. Review Quotes: "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--Jerry B. Jenkins, author, The Left Behind SeriesReview Quotes: "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--Joni Eareckson TadaReview Quotes: "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" bestselling author--Karen Kingsbury, New York Times bestselling authorReview Quotes: "Frank Peretti is a master storyteller. He has a way of using fiction to draw our attention to the very real spiritual world around us. His stories are modern day classics and I can't wait to see the impact Illusion has on readers!" --Michael W. Smith--Michael W. SmithMarc Notes: Includes reading group guide.; A grieving husband encounters a teen identical to his dead wife-- in face, name, and magical skills. Publisher Marketing: In a world where nothing is as it seems, anything is possible. DANE AND MANDY, a popular magic act for forty years, are tragically separated by a car wreck that claims Mandy's life--or so everyone thinks. Even as Dane mourns, Mandy awakes in the present as the nineteen-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 a new talent, Dane ventures into the shop and is transfixed by the illusions that even he, a seasoned professional, cannot explain. But more than anything, he is devastated by this teenager who 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 forty years earlier. They begin a furtive relationship as mentor and protegee, 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. Exceptionally well written, full of twists and mystery, "Illusion "will soon prove another Peretti classic. Review Citations:

Publishers Weekly 02/13/2012 (EAN 9781439192672, Hardcover)

Christian Retailing 03/01/2012 pg. 22 (EAN 9781439192672, Hardcover)

Booklist 03/15/2012 pg. 28 (EAN 9781439192672, Hardcover)

Kirkus Reviews 03/15/2012 (EAN 9781439192672, Hardcover)

CBA Retailers 04/01/2012 pg. 34 (EAN 9781439192672, Hardcover)

CBA Retailers 07/01/2012 pg. 24 (EAN 9781439192672, Hardcover)

Contributor Bio:  Peretti, Frank Frank Peretti, whose books have sold more than 12 million copies, is the author of Monster as well as the international bestsellers The Oath and This Present Darkness. The Oath (1995) has sold more than a million copies and was awarded the 1996 ECPA Gold Medallion Award for best fiction. Peretti lives with his wife Barbara in the Pacific Northwest. Visit his website at www.frankperetti.com.