Review: Out of Cold Darkness into Warm, Loving Light
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 28, 2013
"Out of Darkness" begins as a thriller "...a woman slept, collapsed on her side against a tree like an abandoned doll. ..socks black and bloody...blouse ripped....Blood seeped from a wound on her temple, matting her hair... she tried to summon some memory... but nothing came..."...the young woman, called Sophie, then stumbles, wounded in mind, body and spirit, onto the farm of a young Amish widower, wounded at heart, whose wife has traumatically died in childbirth.As the story unfolds, intrigue and suspense play against wholesome and grounded... amnesia victim Sophie is hunted by the captors she has escaped and protected by the Amish community she quickly comes to love and admire. Decisions of happiness, life and faith come to the fore and the well-developed characters weave their way into your heart and mind.Being a writer and editor, I found the author's presentation of points of view highly interesting as various characters, from time to time, relate the same scenarios without a break in stride to add depth and freshness to the story.Very well done. The author keeps you actively turning the pages from start to finish. Highly recommended.