Showdown: A Paradise Novel - Ted Dekker

When a stranger named Marsuvees Black appears in Paradise, he brings with him a message of hope and love. Or is it death and hate? Black seems to know too much about the town's many unspoken secrets, and he himself holds the greatest secret of them all. It quickly becomes apparent that Paradise is being isolated for a reason. \nWelcome to Paradise. \nEpic battles of good and evil are happening all around us. \n \nToday that battle comes to town with the sound of lone footsteps clacking down the blacktop on a hot, lazy summer afternoon. The black-cloaked man arrives in the sleepy town of Paradise and manages to become the talk of the town within the hour. Bearing the power to grant any unfulfilled dream, he is irresistible. \n \nSeems like bliss . . . but is it? \nOr is hell about to break loose in Paradise? \n\n