- Hardcover: 576 pages
- Publisher: Thomas Nelson; 10th Anniversary edition edition (Aug 30 2005)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1595540458
- ISBN-13: 978-1595540454
- Product Dimensions: 21.6 x 14.5 x 4.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 703 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (196 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #647,448 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Under cover of darkness, something evil is at work in Hyde River, an old mining town deep in the mountains. Its latest victim, nature photographer Cliff Benson, was brutally killed while camping -- and his wife Evelyn has been driven nearly mad by what she saw, but she can't remember what it was. The sheriff thinks a rogue bear killed Cliff. But townspeople whisper -- and Cliff's death is just the latest in a long string of bizarre "accidents." Cliff's brother Steve is determined to find out the truth about what's concealed in the old caverns near Hyde River, a mystery that the local folk legends only hint at.
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A wildlife biologist named Steve Benson has come to the remote mountain town of Hyde River to investigate the gruesome death of his brother. Benson tracks down and kills a grizzly, but then more people are killed and the bears are exonerated. Benson begins to listen with seriousness to the ravings of an old hermit who says that there's a dragon who lives in Saddlehorse Mountain and who lives on sin. It seems that in the 1880s, when Hyde River was a booming mining town, a fire-and-brimstone preacher was hanged, and the perpetrators then signed an oath embracing Reason as their god. In more than 100 years, their sins have grown into a monster. Steve tracks the chimerical dragon, which toys with him and lets him go. Steve is the embodiment of reason but feels the weight of sin when he begins an affair with a married woman, a local deputy named Tracy. A red mark appears over his heart, and gradually it begins to ooze black slime. Judgment Day arrives, and the dragon comes to claim its own. Steve, at last a believer, stands alone to do battle, rather like Bilbo Baggins of The Hobbit, except that Peretti writes with a grim fervor rather than playfulness. Largely because of the success of This Present Darkness (1987), Peretti's name inspires awe in the religious publishing world; The Oath is so heavily anticipated that its prepublication sales placed it fifth on the Evangelical Christian best-seller list. John Mort
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1.0 out of 5 stars
couldn't make myself read the whole thing,
By "psalm119_169" (usa) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Oath (Paperback)
this book was horible!! I didn't get half way through the book before i lost ALL respect for the characters!! I am a fan of Peretti and I love some of his other books but i must say DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME!!
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1.0 out of 5 stars
It's Not That It's Terrible,
By David Lurie (Texas) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Oath (Paperback)
This book isn't a bad book in the usual sense: It's story is reasonably interesting, and it's readers won't have a problem getting through the whole thing.The prose is only occassionally brilliant, and usually utilitarian--it just gets the job done. The short "scene-switching" get's to be annoying, especially towards the end. And the story. . . it's "just so". Everything goes the way you would expect. There are few surprises except in the details. Unless you were already pulled into the book for religious reasons before you began, there is little in it to make you live it. There is no overwhelming uniqueness or other quality--it hardly looks deep into your soul and tells you something about the universe or humanity the way that, say, Hemingway can. (But who can measure up to the greats?) Peretti's biggest fault with respect to the story is the utter flatness of the characters. Perhaps the action-pacted-ness of it left no more room for character development. One gets the feeling this book is aimed at a more mature audience (the age of the characters, the apparently sincere portrayal of sexuality, the graphic violence, etc.), but there remain elements (I don't want to give away the story!) that are just too hoaky, too Power Ranger or G.I. Joe. But those faults might be forgiven. After all, one doesn't expect John Milton when one goes to see Terminator 3. What can't be forgiven, what bothered me the most was that it seemed Peretti's sole motivation was to make a single theological statement: if you do bad things you will be punished horribly. What a soul-less, mindless religion. Where is the relationship with the Eternal Creator God, the mystery of the universe? How can there be depth in a spirituality that reinvents adult human beings as children obeying soley to avoid a spanking? Discussions about things like "is eternal damnation biblical" are irrelevant: I am God's servent even if I do not get the lollipop in the end; even if a spanking is fated yet will I believe in him. I question the morality of using threats of suffering as an evangelistic tool. How can we criticize the medieval Christians and Muslims who forced conversion at the end of a blade, when we do the same with the precipice of hell?
4.0 out of 5 stars
The Oath,
By T (Alberta, Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Oath (Paperback)
The Oath was very good. It's a book that keeps you interested and a little creeped out, haha. It starts off with a bang and then keeps you turning the page. One of my favourite things about this book was the odd clippings from the old town folk that randomly pop up in the book. The metaphor for sin coming to life as a real thing that can destroy you is very creative. All in all it was an interesting read, I would recommend it for sure!-T
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