Peretti's work can be uneven or it can be outstanding. For every [b:This Present Darkness|17309|This Present Darkness (Darkness, #1)|Frank E. Peretti|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1388202265s/17309.jpg|2298572] or [b:Monster|65684|Monster|Frank E. Peretti|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1388202067s/65684.jpg|1416661], there's an [b:Illusion|12408735|Illusion|Frank E. Peretti|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1331936724s/12408735.jpg|17377431]. The first two so powerfully dramatize Christian spiritual warfare that they almost come to seem like doctrine. The last is so bad, so cheesey, I could barely make it to page 100. Prophet gets back to the power of the spiritual warfare, but with much less in the way of magical realist tropes.

John Barrett, Jr. is a famous, well-known anchor for the evening news. John Barrett, Sr., run a plumbing warehouse and spends his free time as a street corner prophet. He is drawn to the governor, a very successful politician, who is as gleefully pro-abortion as our current political candidates. When Barrett, Sr., is found dead in his warehouse, Barrett, Jr., thinks little of it until mailed a package indicating that there might be more to the story.

The pacing was decent and the mystery okay. Peretti's nod to magical realist tropes come in the form of both father and son being able to hear the cries of agonized souls. There were some weird little flubs that you expect from Christian literature "Mom Barrett" was just that-- no other characterization needed. And the successfully evil Governor's name was "Hiram." Because I guess there's some unspoken pact in Christian fiction where you have to use old-timey names for the sake of it. Four stars for the book itself, one star for Jesus.