The Visitation

Peretti can run hot and cold but here he's in top form as we follow the twin stories that make up this book. Good drama with just enough humor. There are some efforts by Peretti that haven't...well, haven't been my cup of tea. I like his attitude and his point of view, but sometimes his storytelling......more

As a Christian author myself, I'm interested in the genre, especially the fiction side. Peretti is the dean of Christian supernatural fiction, and this book another of his fine entries, but it seems whenever anyone tries to make spiritual "battles" into physical ones, the result is strangely anti-cl......more

First time I've read a religious novel like this one. I had put off reading a Frank Peretti for the obvious reasons but glad I did it. I originally purchased a hardback copy for 25c in a charity shop in Florida recently on vacation. I left it behind due to luggage restrictions blah blah. Anyway I jus......more

The Visitation is a book that has lived rent-free in my head for close to twenty years. While the overarching plot has never faded from my memory, I was surprised to see how few of the details I actually remembered. I was also surprised that I remembered none of Travis’s flashbacks. However, while t......more

I have heard great things about this writer (and even Ted Dekker was compared to his work/also read the book they did together and seen the movie via DVD). I read another previous work and thought it was an okay read. Now reading this one, caught my interest at certain peaks, and think it is quite a......more