The Chasm: A Journey to the Edge of Life

"Alcorn offers a companion to his novel, Edge of Eternity, in this Pilgrim's Progress — style allegory about a man who comes to see his own wasted life through a series of misadventures, battles, and sins. These lead him to a chasm he cannot cross without the help of trusted — should he trust them? — guides, most importantly a Christ figure, the Woodsman, and a tempter, Joshua. The end is not utopia, but a life with unexpected joys and faithful companions. For those who appreciate allegory, Alcorn's fills the bill even as it also includes the realities of contemporary life: 'I gazed into the emptiness of my daughter's eyes. I started pushing and shoving. I wanted to kill the men who lusted after her — vile men whose daughters I lusted after.' Nothing here tops classic Christian allegories, but noteworthy is a 'new creation' view of afterlife: 'You will live on a new earth — the old earth made new.... I came not to destroy but to redeem my fallen creation.' (Feb.)" Publishers Weekly (Starred Review) (Copyright PWyxz LLC)

Randy Alcorn is the bestselling author of Heaven, with more than 500,000 copies sold. As a fiction writer, his novels include Deadline, Dominion, Deception, Edge of Eternity, Lord Foulgrin’s Letters, The Ishbane Conspiracy, and the Gold Medallion winner Safely Home. He has written numerous nonfiction books as well, including The Treasure Principle, The Purity Principle, and The Grace and Truth Paradox. A former pastor, Randy is the founder and director of Eternal Perspectives Ministries. He and his wife, Nanci, live in Oregon and have two married daughters and four grandsons.