BLINK

"BLINK" is another exciting book by Ted Dekker that I really enjoyed reading. I've come to find Dekker's books so far to be extremely thrilling, and to also get you thinking about other cultures besides just American society. The first book of his that I read, and reviewed on this site, "Obsessed" dealt with Jewish culture and society a lot, both in the present and in the past. This book "BLINK" will get you looking at Islamic culture and religion. Dekker does an excellent job of showing comparisons between Islam and Christianity. It's very interesting to read in that retrospect.

As for the story that is another whole other ball game. The story starts out in Saudi Arabia with a young princess named Miriam. Her father is a Shiek, and for her protection gaver her up for adoption to another very wealthy and powerful man, but with one condition. He could not marry her out until she was 21. Miriam would be 21 in a few months, however her real father, the Shiek has come up with a plan of an arranged marriage for her himself in order to gain advantage in Saui Arabia with another powerful man where she would marry this man's son, and he would become King. This man was very dangerous though, and Miriam found out she was to marry this man, and was forced to flee to America.

Meanwhile, a young man named Seth is attending college in California. His IQ is amazingly higher then that of Einstein. Lately he has been having flashes of a sort of dejavu where he feels he has already seen that particular instance happen or happening. The university, Berkeley, is having a banquet one night in his honor due to his amazing academic achievements. While he is up in front of everyone making his speech, something very strange happens to him, he blinks, and all of a sudden he can see a scene in the woman's bathroom playing out in front of him, a woman who he saw earlier at the banquet, was being held at gun point in the bathroom. He flies from the podium, realizing this was an actual scene in the future unfolding. Seth flies into the ladies restroom, and startles the woman (who we know, and he finds out is Miriam). Obviously mayhem breaks out. I don't want to get into too much detail, but Seth and Miriam escape unharmed, and are now on the run. Men from Saudi Arabia are after them because they are after Miriam, and now U.S. officials are after them.

Seth's clairvoyance powers increase over time, and he can constantly see further and further into the future. This allows them to be able to constantly outmanuever the cops and others that are after them. Seth has one weakness though . . . sleep. When he is sleeping he doesn't see anything. Will this be something that gets them caught in the end, or will they completely escape and elude everyone with Seth's amazing new ability? Read the book and find out. It's awesome, and I highly recommend it.