Blind Sight (Moving Fiction) [Paperback]

James H. Pence (Author)

Book Description

Series: Moving Fiction | Publication Date: May 13, 2003

Disillusioned by the tragic loss of his family, Thomas Kent just wants to die. But a mysterious message and a voice from the past stir him to fight for his life and the lives of a family he doesn't know. He is reluctantly drawn into the murderous plot of a dangerous cult that threatens to steal America's future. As he attempts to expose the cult, Thomas finds himself facing his past and the God he had denied.

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From the Back Cover

REMEMBER THE PROMISE...
SAVE MY CHILDREN...

All Thomas Kent wants is to die...but a mysterious e-mail and a voice from the past stir him to fight for his life and the lives of a family he doesn't know.

The leader of a powerful and dangerous cult threatens the country's future, and Thomas holds the only evidence for its destruction. As the cult's plan enters its final phase, Thomas must cast his fear aside and act before it's too late.

Product Details

• Paperback: 416 pages
• Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers (May 13, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0842365753
• ISBN-13: 978-0842365758
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,120,348 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

James H. (Jim) Pence is a full-time speaker, singer, chalk artist, writer, and editor,living in North Texas. Jim turned to writing in 1988 as a helpful means of expression after the death of his baby daughter Michelle. Eight years later, Dallas Seminary's Kindred Spirit published A Road Not Chosen, Jim's narrative account of his and his wife's experience.

Jim broke into book publishing in 2001 with How to Do Everything with HTML, a how-to book on Web authoring, written "by a non-techie for non-techies," and published by Osborne/McGraw-Hill. He followed this book the same year with another book for Osborne: Cascading Style Sheets: A Beginner's Guide. Osborne published a second edition of Jim's HTML book, re-titled How to Do Everything with HTML & XHTML, in 2003.

Also a published novelist, Jim is the author of Blind Sight (Tyndale, 2003), a suspense/thriller novel set in the mind-control cults. His most recent novel, The Angel (Kregel, 2006), is set against the backdrop of the euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide movements. The Angel provides a chilling look at what can happen when society no longer values human life. It is also a compelling portrayal of one man's struggle with Lou Gehrig's Disease.

Jim moved into nonfiction with his latest book, "Terror by Night", the true story of the brutal Texas murders that destroyed a family, restored one
man's faith, and shocked a nation. Terror by Night will be released by Tyndale House in October 2009. Tyndale is also going to re-release Jim's novel, Blind Sight with Terror by Night because there is an amazing connection between Blind Sight and Terry's recovery after the murder of his family.

A 1978 graduate of Dallas Bible College and a 2003 graduate of Dallas Theological Seminary, Jim has been in full time ministry since 1978. He served fifteen years as pastor of Fellowship Bible Church in Greenville, Texas before launching out by faith into prison ministry. He left pastoral ministry in 2000 to concentrate on reaching out into prisons in Texas. Jim continues to evangelize and disciple inmates through his Inmate Bible Institute and through prison chapel programs.

A talented chalk artist and vocalist, Jim has shared Christ across the United States through music and art. Jim and his wife Laurel recently celebrated their 29th wedding anniversary. They live on six acres in the country, northeast of Dallas, Texas, and have two children. Their son Chris is 20 and married his childhood sweetheart Betsy Corbet in 2008. Chris is in the army and is currently serving in Iraq. Jim and Laurel's daughter Charlene is
16, and is also a singer. Jim and Laurel have one grandchild, Elaina Michelle (daughter of Chris and his wife Betsy).

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40 of 40 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I loved it!, April 30, 2004

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R. Morris "sendmelots" (America) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Blind Sight (Moving Fiction) (Paperback)

Blind Sight by James H. Pence hits the ground running, literally. The book opens with Paul Bishop on a desperate mission to see his children safely aboard a Dallas bound airplane. He scurries through the airport drilling his instructions into his children. The information they carry is of national importance. Bishop is running from a dangerously sinister cult, sure to convert (kill) him when they discover his plans to expose them.
Bishop manages to get the children on the plane despite the well-placed, cleverly clandestine "conversion" team meeting him at every turn. Just before poison arrests his body, he manages to get a call in to Thomas Kent, the man to whom he has trusted with the lives of his young ones. His life seeping away, he mutters one desperate cry at the answering machine's beep. "Save my children."
The last thing Thomas Kent wanted was a couple of kids. He had some of his own once, and he had not recovered from the loss. When he finds out that Bishop, a man he barely remembers from his college years, sent him two children, his first reaction is to run the other way. Realizing the children's danger, he does agree to take them to their mother. As Kent risks his life trying to help a family he did not know, he finds healing and peace about the family he lost and a restored relationship with the God that he once loved.
Blind Sight is fast paced and exciting with surprises, twists, and turns that will keep you reading until the end. I highly recommend this book!

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It Could Happen, March 22, 2004

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Zelpha N. Long (Eureka Springs, AR USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Blind Sight (Moving Fiction) (Paperback)

The most exciting Christian fiction book I've ever read. You don't want to start this book thinking you'll read a few pages every night before you go to sleep. You'll read all night because you can't put it down. It starts out with a bang....then it speeds up and never lets up until the last page. Guaranteed to keep you on the edge of your seat.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Blind Sight Helped Me See, November 10, 2003

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Dillon Burroughs (Sherman, TX USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Blind Sight (Moving Fiction) (Paperback)

New author James Pence captures readers into a thrilling adventure where a dangerous cult threatens America's future. Thomas Kent, angry with God and content to die, discovers himself pulled into action when a former college friend sends his two twin children at the threat of his own life. Drawing upon a promise from years ago, 9/20/42 becomes the dying cry of a man desperate for help with his children in their search for a mom living in hiding.

When Thomas and mother, Justine, cross paths, life turns upside down as each page hurls readers through a tumult of dizzying circumstances. Assassins on the prowl, a presidential candidate's reputation at stake, and countless brainwashed converts force Thomas, Justine, and her children toward an unexpected ending that keeps everyone guessing.

While such adrenaline-laced work should entice lovers of suspense, particularly suspense from a Christian perspective, those too young or searching for a flowery finish need not apply. Though Justine's children sometimes appear advanced for their age at points, the writing is extremely fresh, innovative, and "moving," just as the publisher promises.

I would recommend Blind Sight to any fiction lover tired of formulaic adventures or hungry for an inspiring new author. But hold on tight, Blind Sight will open your eyes and help you see life in a whole new way.