He writes them off as flashbacks from old drug trips, but his father’s visions seemed eerily similar. What John doesn’t tell Carl then, and tries not to tell anyone, is that he’s started having visions himself. They have very little to say to each other, partly because John is polished and news-perfect all the time, while Carl has little patience with anyone who isn’t real. At his funeral, John reconnects with his own estranged teenage son, who is searching for meaning.

Then, suddenly, he dies–ostensibly in an accident at the warehouse he owns. He confronts his father, who tearfully tries to tell him that he must say what God gives him to say, even if nobody listens. John is embarrassed when this very thing is captured on film, and it turns into a riot. His father is what John considers a religious zealot: he’s one of those guys who shows up at political rallies and preaches against abortion. He was once a Christian, but walked away from his faith long ago. In terms of career, he’s on top of his world. The story follows John Barrett, top news anchor in his city. Peretti’s stories definitely do not have that problem, or at least not the two I’ve read recently. So often the authors feel so strongly about their message that the story and characters suffer in service to it.

Prophet has all the hallmarks of Peretti's fast-paced blockbuster fiction, and his clear understanding of the vast spiritual struggle over moral authority marks every page.', Master storyteller Frank Peretti has woven a powerful tale. All of these events pale in comparison to the mysterious voices that John is hearing. And John's estranged son, Carl, has returned to get the truth about the man behind the TV image. His father's accidental death suddenly isn't looking so accidental. His supposedly professional and objective colleagues have descended into a dogfight over the meaning of truth. He's caught his producer fabricating a story and lying to cover her tracks-and she seems to be hiding something much bigger. His comfortable world is being jarred to the breaking point. 'item_description' : 'John Barrett, anchorman for the city's most-watched newscast, is a man suddenly lost in a town he thought he owned.

Prophet by Frank E. Peretti