![]() Meanwhile, Bernice finds help and makes contact with the County Prosecutor, the State Attorney General, and the Feds. Their spiritual combat spans from one-on-one battles to vast armies charging into each other in the "unseen realms" above us. Demons, as well, are depicted as being ink-like shadows in the darkness, flowing from shadow to shadow, until the time comes when they truly reveal themselves as monstrous beasts with bat-wings and armor. They wear armor and wield weapons forged in heaven-most notably, swords. The angels who wage warfare for the souls of mankind look and act similarly to humans-they have names, they are in charge of specific regions of earth, and they are propelled by heavenly forces that often manifest as wings. They compare stories and finally put both halves of the puzzle together.ĭuring the time that this is happening, the story takes on a spiritual dimension-revealing a perspective based on the idea of unseen forces at work. When he gets to be a nuisance to the demons they have the Society falsely arrest him for rape. Meanwhile, Hank Busche, the unwanted pastor of the little Ashton Community Church discovers that there are many demons in the town and wonders why they have all congregated here. When he and Bernice are caught in a desperate attempt to keep society from winning out, he is arrested and thrown in jail, and she escapes, running off to find help. ![]() They also falsely accuse him of murder, adultery, and molesting his daughter, who attends the college and who unwittingly has been pulled into the Society. When the Society decides Marshall has found out too much they take the Clarion, and his house. They slowly uncover a plot to take over the town by buying the college, which is being carried out by The Universal Consciousness Society, a powerful New Age group. Marshall does not fall for Brummel's story and, ignoring Brummel's advice, begins an investigation.Īs the investigation continues, Marshall and Bernice begin to realize that they are onto something much bigger than they thought. Brummel then advises Marshall to drop the matter. Brummel denies any wrongdoing on behalf of the police department and insists it was all a mistake. Marshall Hogan, owner/editor-in-chief of the Clarion decides to go to the town police station/courthouse and confront Alf Brummel, the police chief, about the incident. When she is released the next day, she discovers that the film in her camera was destroyed. Bernice Kreuger, a reporter for the Clarion, Ashton's town newspaper, is falsely arrested on prostitution charges after taking a photograph at the annual Ashton Summer Festival. This Present Darkness takes place in the small college town of Ashton. Peretti followed This Present Darkness up with a sequel in 1988, Piercing the Darkness. "For we are not contending against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world rulers of this present darkness, against the spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places." Its title comes from Ephesians 6:12 (RSV). The book has sold in excess of 2.7 million copies worldwide as of 2013 and remained on the Christian Booksellers Association top best sellers list for over 150 consecutive weeks after its release. Sales were initially slow but jumped dramatically after singer Amy Grant promoted the book. ![]() It is critical of Eastern and New Age spiritual practices, portraying meditation as a means of demonic possession. Published in 1986 by Crossway Books, This Present Darkness was Peretti's first published novel for adults and shows contemporary views on angels, demons, prayer, and spiritual warfare as demons and angels interact and struggle for control of the citizens of the small town of Ashton. This Present Darkness is a Christian novel by suspense, horror, and fantasy author Frank E.
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