I'm Obsessed

By reading my blog can you tell I have an obsessive personality? I do. My latest obsession is with a new author I was introduced to by one of my girlfriends. The author, Frank Peretti, writes Christian fiction. My friend suggest "The House". My library didn't have this one, but they ordered it for me and it will be here this coming week. I wanted to get started with one of his books so I picked up "The Oath". Since Thursday evening all I've been doing is reading this book. It has been a real page turner.

The story is about Steve Benson, a wildlife biologist, who has come to the remote mountain town of Hyde River to investigate the gruesome death of his brother, Cliff who was camping with his wife Evelyn. It was believed a grizzly was responsible for Cliff's death. Steve hunts down and kills the bear but more people are killed and the bears are exonerated. Benson begins to listen with seriousness to the ravings of an old man, Levi, who says there's a dragon who lives in Saddlehorse Mountain and who lives on sin. Back in the 1880's Hyde River was a booming mining town and something terrible happened and the townspeople signed an oath embracing reason as their god. In more than 100 years, their sins have grown into a monster. Steve is tracking down the dragon. I have about another 100 pages.