BOOK REVIEW: Abiding Darkness 

by: Barbara Warren

Dancing Word Reviewer

Title: Abiding Darkness (Book One of The Black or White Chronicles)

Author: John Aubrey Anderson

Publisher: Warner Faith

ISBN: 0-446-57949-1

Genre: Inspirational/Fiction

This is spiritual warfare at its best.

Missy Parker grew up tough. She had to be if she wanted to keep up with Bobby, her older brother, and Junior, her best friend. That toughness served her well when a car stopped on a gravel road by Cat Lake Bridge, on Parker land. A man and three boys got out of the car, the woman stayed inside. The way the man looked at his little sister disturbed Bobby. The kids had been playing ball and he hung on to the bat, thinking it might come in handy.

When one of the boys pushed Missy down, Junior popped the kid on the nose, making it bleed. In the summer of ’45, black boys didn’t hit white boys, no matter how much they have it coming. The situation started to get ugly, but a man and three boys were no match for Bobby Parker with his baseball bat. The intruders got in their car and left, vowing to return.

In the near distance, four well-armed witnesses, tall, bright, and invisible watched. One of the group said, “It begins.”  And so it did. God had a purpose for Missy Parker, and Satan was determined to stop her.  Abiding Darkness has it all; angels, demons, but most of all, it has characters so real you’ll think you know them on a personal level. Most books about spiritual warfare rely heavily on the supernatural. Abiding Darkness has plenty of that, but the focus is on the people struggling against Satan’s attacks while trying to hold onto their faith. I enjoyed this book very much, and I want to be like Missy Parker when I grow up. John Aubrey Anderson’s Abiding Darkness is book one in the Black or White Chronicles and definitely deserves a place on your Need to Read List