Book Review: The Miracle: A Visionary Novel

Reviewed By: Harriet Klausner

The Miracle: A Visionary Novel     Amazon US PB Amazon Canada PB
Michael Gurian
Class/Genre:   Fiction   Religious Fiction
Atria, May 2003, $13.00, 306 pp.

In northern Spokane, Washington lies a wildlife refuge and the subdivision, Lucia Court, a community in the truest sense of the world. Everyone loves six years old Jeffrey Roman who is dying of cancer. He is a remarkable little boy who communicates with spirits and knows things through a sixth sense. His life is tragically cut short when a car crashes into him as he sits in his wheelchair on the sidewalk.

A strong light emerges from the wreckage enveloping the whole community crossing the river to the home of Donnell Wight who is also dying from cancer. The Light affects everyone in different ways but Beth’s psychic powers reemerge even stronger than anything she ever experienced, manifesting itself in ways that could only be Divine. Another person the Light touches is the serial killer known as "The Light killer". He and Beth connect in ways that shouldn’t exist but there is a bond between them that makes her the ray of hope in stopping him from killing more children.

This book, labeled "A Visionary Novel", attempts to define the Divine in a way that is simultaneously mystical and scientific. The author contends that mankind is evolving into homo infiniens and will one day understand the spiritual mysteries of the universe. The people touched by the Light becomes believers in something bigger than what they once comprehended. The serial killer sub-plot is used to explain why good and evil must exist in the world. This is a very creative and spiritual tale, one that explains many of the leading religious systems. Reading THE MIRACLE is an experience not to be missed.

Harriet Klausner

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