Contemporary Fiction Section

This Present Darkness

Plot

In the book, ”This Present Darkness,” Ashton is just a typical small town. But when a skeptical reporter and a prayerful pastor begin to compare notes, they suddenly find themselves fighting a hideous New Age plot to subjugate the townspeople, and eventually the entire human race. They come face to face with what the Bible means when it says “For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places” (Ephesians 6:12). This Present Darkness is a fast-moving, riveting book, ranking with the best thrillers on the bookshelf. Readers have picked up more than 2.5 million copies since its publication in 1986, and, with its companion volume “Piercing the Darkness,” it has sparked great interest in spiritual warfare over the years. Jerry B. Jenkins (the author of The Left Behind Series said this: "Frank Peretti, author of “This Present Darkness” kicked open new doors in fiction that all of us Christian novelists are passing through today. We owe him a huge debt."