- Paperback: 335 pages
- Publisher: Castle Quay Books; 1 edition (Nov 1 2009)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1897186029
- ISBN-13: 978-1897186022
- Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 15.4 x 1.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 454 g
- Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #445,348 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The novel is a fast-paced intense drama written in the genre of Frank Peretti and Dennis Lehane. The author, Deborah Waters Gyapong, is a professional writer with a journalism career that spans more than 20 years. In this story she applies all her skills to give us a twisting, suspenseful thriller, with great insight into the complexity and sinfulness of human nature and of the supernatural power of an all-good God.
The story centres around Linda Donner, a Boston native, who travels north to rural Nova Scotia and takes a post as a policewoman with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in hopes of finding peace and balance in her life. Instead of a slower pace, things heat up as she becomes preoccupied with a controversial pastor she suspects is guilty of arson, murder and child abuse. She breaks into a church and finds the suspected pastor exorcising demons from a child. She believes she has caught him in the abuse act, but suddenly finds her own self powerless as she spirals into what appears to be a nervous breakdown. As she realizes she is fighting supernatural forces, she decides she must find God's help-a God she had stopped believing in after a priest seduced her when she was a teenager. The only person who seems able to help is her chief suspect, the pastor.
The story centres around Linda Donner, a Boston native, who travels north to rural Nova Scotia and takes a post as a policewoman with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in hopes of finding peace and balance in her life. Instead of a slower pace, things heat up as she becomes preoccupied with a controversial pastor she suspects is guilty of arson, murder and child abuse. She breaks into a church and finds the suspected pastor exorcising demons from a child. She believes she has caught him in the abuse act, but suddenly finds her own self powerless as she spirals into what appears to be a nervous breakdown. As she realizes she is fighting supernatural forces, she decides she must find God's help-a God she had stopped believing in after a priest seduced her when she was a teenager. The only person who seems able to help is her chief suspect, the pastor.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Hard subject handled well,
By Marcia Lee Laycock "Author of One Smooth Stone" (Alberta Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Defilers The (Paperback)
The Defilers is one of those books that you're not sure you want to read when you look at the cover and read the blurbs. The subject matter - child pornography and the reality of the demonic - is disturbing, but the author, Deborah Gyapong handles it well. The suspence in the book keeps you going and the characters are engaging. The main character's struggle is real and compelling.Highly recommended.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good Canadian Fiction,
By Joanna Mallory (Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Defilers The (Paperback)
If Linda Hall and Frank Peretti were to co-write a novel, it might feel like this one. Authentic, wounded people and spiritual warfare bring depth to this fast-paced novel. Deborah Gyapong handles the troubling subject matter in a way that feels real without being traumatic to the reader. The Defilers is a good read, and a fine first novel. Expect more good things from this author.
4.0 out of 5 stars
"The Defilers" Delivers,
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This review is from: Defilers The (Paperback)
Best New Canadian Christian Author Deborah Gyapong delivers a layered spiritual thriller told through the eyes of protagonist Linda Donner, a Mountie who finds herself entangled in a demonic murder, drug, kiddie porn drama spanning the globe. While Linda and her partner, Will, and pastor, David, fight the dark forces that have ensnared the town of South Dare, Linda must also fight her own personal demons and find a faith that was shattered years before by sexual abuse she suffered by a priest.Fast-paced, authentic, intelligent and engaging with a satisfying ending, I would highly recommend this novel.
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