"There is something in human nature that just doesn't want to face the reality that we live in two worlds. We live in the physical, material world where we have jobs, read books, and go about our business. And we live in the spiritual world-and that is a world at war."
John Eldredge
Adam is Ted DeKker's latest novel upon the subject of spiritual warfare. I chose this book first because it is one of the first books that ever had an effect on my spiritual walk.
The plot is about an FBI behavioral psychologist named Daniel Clark that has been stalking a serial killer named "Eve" for 16 months. Daniel eventually faces his foe, is killed, then resuscitated. Daniel now begins to have frequent panic attacks, and his obsession explodes into an ultimate battle for his very soul.
When I first bought the book, I was very skeptical, although I had previously read all of DeKker's other books. I knew it would be a great read from both a writer's standpoint, and suspenseful to the extreme. But I was disturbed within the first two chapters. And the feeling only grew until the very end, when I learned why the book was the way it was. Why the cover was so dark. It was almost as if I had literally had my own glimpse into the spiritual world, a feeling I'd only ever felt once before with "The Screwtape Letters," which will come later. This book changed me. My only suggestion, like all of DeKker's other books, is to read it when it is daylight. The book is so chilling that a bump or a creak will make you think twice about what you thought it was.
Overall, this book is on my Top 10 list of favorite books. It is just so brilliantly written and carefully thought out.
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