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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.

Book this present darkness frank peretti