In this fast-paced, reflective novel, (the second in a trilogy
following "Strangers and Sojourners") Michael O'Brien presents the
dramatic tale of a family that finds itself in the path of a
totalitarian government. Set in the near future, the story
describes the rise of a police state in North America in which
every level of society is infected with propaganda, confusion and
disinformation. Few people are equipped to recognize what is
happening because the culture of the Western world has been
deformed by a widespread undermining of moral absolutes.
Against this background, the Delaney family of Swiftcreek,
British Columbia, is struck a severe blow when the father of the
family, the editor of a small newspaper which dares to speak the
truth, is arrested by the dreaded Office of Internal Security. His
older children flee into the forest of the northern interior,
accompanied by their great-grandfather and an elderly priest,
Father Andrei. Their little brother Arrow also becomes a fugitive
as the government seeks to remove any witnesses, and eradicate all
evidence of its ultimate goals.
As O'Brien draws together the several strands of the story into
a frightening yet moving climax, he explores the heart of growing
darkness in North America, examining events which have already
occurred. The reader will take away from this disturbing book a
number of urgent questions: Are we living in the decisive moment of
history? How dire is our situation? Do we live in pessimistic
dread, or a Christian realism founded on hope? This is a tale about
the victory of the weak over the powerful, courage over terror,
good over evil, and, above all, the triumph of love.
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