There is a battle of monumental proportions raging just beyond the skin of this world. Inevitably, this battle seeps into what we can see in this physical realm and confronts us, confounds us, and disturbs us. While we must deal with the consequences of this supernatural battle, the reasons, nature, and occasionally the existence of this battle remain dark to mortal eyes. Earth's tension between heaven and hell. Marsh Addison is discovering what exactly that means.Dark to Mortal Eyes is a plot-twisting, page-turning, intense thriller that could be or could not be labeled Christian fiction. The themes of spiritual warfare, redemption, the power of prayer, grace, forgiveness, and sin are play a large part of this book. But Wilson manages to avoid some of the blatant preachiness that seems to define what is called "Christian fiction". And I think that's a good thing. This is not to say that "preachy" fiction with blatant Christianity are bad, but I think Wilson intended his debut novel to appeal to a much wider audience, and thus let the reader choose whether or not to treat the story as one of natural or supernatural warfare.
Wilson's use of metaphor and imagery to capture the spiritual themes force the reader to think...something which is evidently frowned upon in most of today's "Christian" circles. Perhaps we would do well to remember that Christ himself spoke in metaphor and imagery.
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