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Imagine answering your cell phone to a mysterious voice that gives you three minutes to confess your sin or you die. You have one huge problem: you don't have a clue what that sin is.Kevin Parson escaped a twisted childhood and built his own life, leaving his bizarre past behind him. . .until his cell phone rings and a gravelly voice calling himself Slater tells him he has just three minutes to confess his “sin” or his car will be blown to pieces.Kevin panics. Who would make such a demand, and what sin is he supposed to confess? Not sure what else to do, Kevin swerves into a parking lot and runs from his car. . . just in case. Exactly three minutes later, a massive explosion sets his world on a collision course with madness.Obsessed both with Kevin's downfall and the number 3, Slater initiates a game in which Kevin must answer riddles to avoid Slater's destructive, murderous retribution.

imagine Answering Your Cell Phone One Day To A Voice That Gives You Three Minutes To Confess Your Sin. If You Don't, The Madman, Slater, Will Blow Your Car To Smithereens.

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dekker Delivers Another Page-turner With This Psychological Christian Thriller About Kevin Parson, A 28-year-old Seminary Student Who Suddenly Becomes The Target Of An Evil Nemesis Called Slater. Obsessed Both With Kevin's Downfall And The Number 3, Slater Initiates A Game In Which Kevin Must Answer Riddles To Avoid Slater's Destructive, Potentially Murderous Retribution. Slater Particularly Wants Kevin To Publicly Confess A Secret Sin, And Kevin Is At A Loss As To What That Sin Might Be. Once Dekker Establishes This Premise, He Masterfully Takes Readers On A Ride Full Of Plot Twists And Turns. Not Only Does He Spin A Compelling Tale Of Cat And Mouse, But He Also Creates A Narrative World In Which It's Possible That No One Is Quite Who He Or She Seems. Dekker Gradually Discloses His Protagonist's Nightmarish Childhood And Delivers An Almost Perfect Blend Of Suspense, Mystery And Horror. Dekker's Prose Is Strong, Putting Him In A League Above Many Other Evangelical Christian Writers And Showing Improvement Over His Previous Work. Aside From Following Certain Christian Fiction Guidelines Such As Making His Gorgeous 20-something Characters Entirely Virginal, Dekker Eschews Most Of The Conventions Of Evangelical Fiction. His Spiritual Message Is Subtle And Devoid Of The Theologically And Politically Conservative Agenda Present In Other Novels. (may) Forecast: Five Of Dekker's Six Novels Have Found A Spot On The Cba Fiction Bestseller List, And The Up-and-coming Novelist Has A Total Of 350,000 Copies Of His Books In Print. This Is Dekker's First Hardcover Release. Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.

Imagine answering your cell phone to a mysterious voice that gives you three minutes to confess your sin or you die. You have one huge problem: you don't have a clue what that sin is.Kevin Parson escaped a twisted childhood and built his own life, leaving his bizarre past behind him...until his cell phone rings and a gravelly voice calling himself Slater tells him he has just three minutes to confess his “sin” or his car will be blown to pieces.Kevin panics. Who would make such a demand, and what sin is he supposed to confess? Not sure what else to do, Kevin swerves into a parking lot and runs from his car... just in case. Exactly three minutes later, a massive explosion sets his world on a collision course with madness.Obsessed both with Kevin's downfall and the number 3, Slater initiates a game in which Kevin must answer riddles to avoid Slater's destructive, murderous retribution.From #1 bestselling author Ted Dekker comes a powerful story of good, evil, and all that lies between.The perfect blend of suspense, mystery, and horror in one psychological thrillerNow a major motion picture!Also by bestselling author Ted Dekker: The Circle Series, Saint, and Sinner The award-winning, best-selling suspense masterwork, now a major motion picture event. Enter a world where nothing is what it seems. Where your closest friend could be your greatest enemy. Kevin Parson is alone in his car when his cell phone rings. A man calling himself Slater offers a deadly ultimatum: You have exactly three minutes to confess your sin to the world. Refuse, and the car you're driving will blow sky high. Then the phone goes dead. Kevin panics. Who would make such a demand? What sin? Yet not sure what else to do, Kevin swerves into a parking lot and runs from his car. Just in case. Precisely three minutes later, a massive explosion sets his world on a collision course with madness. And that's only the first move in this deadly game. From the #1 best-selling fiction author comes a powerful story of good, evil, and all that lies between Imagine answering your cell phone one day to a male voice that gives you three minutes to confess your sin. If you don't, the madman, Slater, will blow your car to smithereens. You barely manage to exit heavy traffic and ditch the car when, precisely three minutes later, your car blows sky high. The media and police descend on the scene; your world has just changed forever. So begins the nightmare that grows with progressively higher stakes. There's another phone call, another riddle. The cycle will not stop until the world discovers the secret of your sin, but you don't have a clue what that sin is. If not for Jennifer, the brilliant FBI agent working to corner Slater, you would indeed go mad A powerful novel of good, bad, and all that lies in between. Imagine answering your cell phone to a mysterious voice that gives you three minutes to confess your sin. If you don't, he'll blow the car you're driving to bits and pieces.So begins a nightmare that grows with progressively higher stakes. There's another phone call, another riddle, another three minutes to confess your sin. The cycle will not stop until the world discovers the secret of your sin. You have one huge problem: you don't have a clue what that sin is. Thr3e is a psychological thriller that tarts full-tilt and keeps the reader off balance until the very last suspense-filled page Kevin Parson is drawn into a violent game of cat and mouse when a mysterious voice on his cell phone demands he confess his sin or risk the destruction of his home, family, career, and possibly even the country Young, innocent Kevin is a seminarian with a dark past. "Slater," a mysterious psycho, calls him on his cell phone and threatens bomb-delivered mayhem unless Kevin confesses to a past sin. But what sin? THE OFFICE HAD NO WINDOWS, only electric lanterns to light the hundreds of spines standing in their cherry wood bookcases.