In a world where nothing is as it seems, anything is possible.
DANE AND MANDY, a popular magic act for forty years, are tragically separated by a car wreck that claims Mandy’s life—or so everyone thinks. Even as Dane mourns, Mandy awakes in the present as the nineteen-year-old she was in 1970. Distraught and disoriented in what to her is the future, she is confined to a mental ward until she discovers a magical ability to pass invisibly through time and space to escape. Alone in a strange world, she uses her mysterious powers to eke out a living, performing magic on the streets and in a quaint coffee shop.
Hoping to discover a new talent, Dane ventures into the shop and is transfixed by the illusions that even he, a seasoned professional, cannot explain. But more than anything, he is devastated by this teenager who doesn’t know him, is certainly not in love with him, but is in every respect identical to the young beauty he first met and married some forty years earlier.
They begin a furtive relationship as mentor and protégée, but even as Dane tries to sort out who she really is and she tries to understand why she is drawn to him, they are watched by secretive interests who not only possess the answers to Mandy’s powers and misplacement in time but also the roguish ability to decide what will become of her.
Exceptionally well written, full of twists and mystery, Illusion will soon prove another Peretti classic.
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Sexual Content - 1/5
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Violence - 2/5
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Language - 0/5
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Drugs and Alcohol - 1/5
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Summary
Overall Master storyteller Frank Peretti has done it once again kept me on the edge of my seat and unwilling to put his novel down! Illusion is a scifi story with its
physics oriented plot bending time, existing in multiple realities, time travel yet, its setting is contemporary. It was a bit hard to follow early on, so I encourage you not to give up if you don't \"get it\" at first. Actually, I think that very confusion lends itself to the plot because the protagonist is living a life of total confusion. Her predicament is reminiscent of Rip Van Winkle, the guy who fell asleep for twenty years and awoke finding himself part of a very different world. Our protagonist, Mandy/Eloise finds herself missing forty years. Confusion abounds! Last thing she remembers, it's 1970 and she's nineteen, but she \"wakes up\" in 2010. Imagine all the changes in society and technology! But there is so much more to this plot than that! Throw in a husband, thugs, scientists, the government, and magicians and you have quite a story. I wish I was more scientific so that I could better appreciate the physics of this story, but even without complete understanding, I thoroughly enjoyed every single minute of this read! With another author, this story could have been totally dark, but Peretti faithfully incorporates a strong belief and reliance on God to keep his characters grounded and his plot line full of light. Thanks for another thriller, Mr. Peretti!