Only the sightless could see it coming! Hidden amid Seattle's homeless population, Muslim terrorists quietly infiltrate the city. Now a stadium swells to capacity with Christian men---and a ghastly plot draws to completion. Can a blind priest, his pet wolf, and a woman who dreams of the prophet Isaiah prevent a catastrophe? 256 pages, softcover from B&H.
The only one who saw it coming was the one who could not see.
In Blindsided, long esteemed author Calvin Miller unleashes a modern thriller with provocative elements of the supernatural. When a Muslim terrorist group infiltrates Seattle through the city’s homeless population and plots to blow up a stadium during a Christian men’s rally, only a blind priest and his pet wolf (and maybe a lady who talks to the prophet Isaiah in her dreams) know how to miraculously stop the disaster from happening.
Always one to playfully challenge his readers with wildcard characters and great dialogue along the path to making a profound point about a serious issue, Miller’s greater message has to do with how to bring a peaceful end to war.
Calvin Miller is a favorite author of longstanding acclaim best-known for his classic, The Singer, among other celebrated works on the life of Jesus. He is also professor of preaching at Beeson Divinity School, Samford University, in Birmingham, Alabama.
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Reviewed by Linda Cole (Heyworth, IL), May 27, 2008
It wasn't the subject matter that bothered me about this book. It was just too simplistic in its approach. There was no depth in the development of its characters or the story line or even spiritually. I couldn't even finish it. I was bored.
2.5 out of 5 stars
Reviewed by Aaron Lindsey (Nashville, TN), December 19, 2007
Take a bunch of terrorists, a blind and supernatural priest, his seeing-eye-wolf, a witch, a female preacher, some homeless and a bunch of other characters and throw them into a terror plot....
That's what you get with this book. Although it was fun to read, the characters seemed too...what's the word...overacted? They seemed like unseasoned but pretty good actors.
The story itself was decent, but way too unbelievable in parts. These were the most bumbling group of terrorists in the history of allah.
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