Last Light/Night Light

Restoration #1-2

by Terri Blackstock

Two cutting-edge suspense novels by bestselling author Terri Blackstock Today, the world as they know it will end. No need to turn off the lights. When a crisis sweeps an entire high-tech planet back to the age before electricity, the Branning family has life-or-death decisions to make. Will they hoard their possessions to survive---or trust God to provide as they offer their resources to others? Their little community will stand or fall together. And trust doesn't come easily...particularly when one of them is a killer. No electricity. No running water. No luxuries. No law. No turning back. With the country shaken to the core after a global crisis shuts down banks, businesses, and all electronics, the Brannings struggle to survive. The discovery of four children living alone in a filthy apartment, stealing to stay alive, prompts them to stretch their already-thin resources and take them into their home. The search for the children's mother uncovers a trail of desperation and murder ... and for the Brannings, a powerful new purpose that can transform their entire community -- and above all, themselves.

Genres: Christian Fiction, Fiction, Christian

736 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2009

About the author

Terri Blackstock is a New York Times best-seller, with over seven million books sold worldwide.. She has had over thirty years of success as a novelist.

Terri spent the first twelve years of her life traveling in a U.S. Air Force family. She lived in nine states and attended the first four years of school in The Netherlands. Because she was a perpetual “new kid,” her imagination became her closest friend. That, she believes, was the biggest factor in her becoming a novelist. She sold her first novel at the age of twenty-five, and has had a successful career ever since.

In 1994 Terri was writing romance novels under two pseudonyms for publishers such as HarperCollins, Harlequin, Dell and Silhouette, when a spiritual awakening prompted her to switch gears. At the time, she was reading more suspense than romance, and felt drawn to write thrillers about ordinary people in grave danger. Her newly awakened faith wove its way into the tapestry of her suspense novels, offering hope instead of despair. Her goal is to entertain with page-turning plots, while challenging her readers to think and grow. She hopes to remind them that they’re valued by God and that their trials have a purpose.

Reviews

[Linda · Rating 2 out of 5]

For a Christian novel, that his book was a little too gruesome for me. Story was kinda okay. Possible scenario I suppose Not my favorite. And I usually like Terri Blackstock. 🤷🏻‍♀️

[Laura · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'm feeling a strong urge to stockpile candles, learn how to can fruit in glass jars, buy a manual typewriter, become an EMT, and watch a marathon showing of 'Pioneer House'.

The Restoration Series depicts the end of life-as-we-know-it when all electronic communication and electrical devices are rendered nonfunctional. Providing a glimpse into the response of one all-American, suburban, Christian family, these two books are well-written with fast-moving plot lines and characters both to cheer and revile.

I thoroughly enjoy end-of-the-world novels. The Restoration Series has made my list of re-read choices...along with The Stand and the first Left Behind novel (I got bored with that series quickly).

What is it about this genre that is so enticing? Maybe I'm easily drawn in as a byproduct of growing up in the cold war/nuclear age. Maybe the genre resonates because the human race seems perpetually on the brink of annihilating itself and the extreme scenarios are not implausible.

Then again, maybe everyone likes to ponder questions such as: What are the odds that I would survive? How would I do physically? Spiritually? Am I too attached to my comfortable lifestyle? Are my survival skills adequate? Am I too old to earn a few more Girl Scout merit badges?

I wonder if I can watch Blast From the Past instantly on Netflix? But first I think I'll surf over to www.ready.gov for a reminder of my level of unpreparedness.

[Teri · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ok, this book totally got me thinking about "what if" we lost our technology. But more then that it made me rethink what is really important. This book has a very real down to earth look at a Christian family in a world crisis and common natural consequences of both sin and grace. Loved it.

[Lori · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fun summer reading series.

[Sundee · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a 4 book series starting with Last Light and I absolutely LOVED it!!!

[Brenda Marois · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read Last Light and enjoyed the thrill. Christian undertones were perfect!