Priscilla Simms, a successful if past-her-prime journalist, obtains priceless footage that vaults her to international stardom after an earthquake shakes her San Diego office and fells another building trapping the governor’s daughter. Priscilla’s cameraman records an otherworldly being in an odd spaceship performing nothing short of a modern-day miracle. Aster, as he calls himself, proclaims that he comes to bring wisdom and peace to our world. But there are conditions.
Priscilla is named his spokeswoman, and she accepts it to a degree. But how do his words jive with her Christian beliefs? Is he really an alien from another planet, or some sort of supernatural being? Can he really end earth’s suffering and bring peace?
Obviously, with a title like Angel, the reader realizes that Aster is indeed an angel. But what kind? It becomes apparent as the book progresses that Aster’s intentions are not as benevolent as they sound. Priscilla realizes a bit too late that he, in fact, is a fallen angel, one that has duped her and millions of others.
Be prepared for a great story, one that sports excellent writing and a fitting surprise or two near the end.
Galatians 1:8 (NIV) says: “But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than the one we preached to you, let him be eternally condemned!” That verse says it all. In a world of ever-increasing humanism and religious tolerance, this story hits the spot spiritually. We are easily misled if we are not grounded in our faith and in God’s word. Only when we have studied the real thing can we detect the counterfeit, and I’m pretty sure we’ll need that skill more and more as the years pass.
Be sure to check out this and other Gansky titles, such as my favorites, Crime Scene Jerusalem, the Perry Sachs series, and the Maddy Glenn Series.
