Doug Branning and his daughter Deni land at the Birmingham, Alabama airport minutes before planes begin falling from the sky. Everything happens at the same moment. All the cars are dead. The electricity is out. Cell phones, radios, even watches don't work. At first they think it is just the Birmingham area. But after walking the long miles home and finding their neighborhood of Crockett in the same condition, they begin to suspect that this is something much bigger than a local fluke. And when in the days that follow someone makes it all the way from the east coast with news that conditions are the same there, the truth starts sinking in. Nothing is going to be changing anytime soon.
The big changes in the lives of the Branning family begins to change their ideas of what is important. To Deni, it is somehow getting to Washington D.C. to be with her fiance. To her parents, it brings into clear focus how little value they have placed on family and God and how much they need to change that. And in the midst of it all, a killer is loose in Crockett. Neighbor begins to suspect neighbor and relationships are tested.
Terri Blackstock brings out deeper themes in her books than I can ever hope to summarize in a review. There is so much more to her stories than what is immediately obvious in the plot. I find myself feeling as though the story is speaking to me and teaching me. The Restoration series is one I can read again and again. So I encourage you to read Last Light and any other book she has written that you can get your hands on.To view or purchase the book on the Zondervan website, click here.
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