Randy Alcorn - Deception

Heres what readers are saying about Randy Alcorns novels:

I have just finished reading Randy Alcorns new novel. Deception is the same high quality as Randys related novels Deadline and Dominion. All three are page-turners. Randy is a gifted writer. I strongly recommend that you read his books.

C HUCK N ORRIS, SIX-TIME W ORLD K ARATE CHAMPION, INTERNATIONAL FILM AND TELEVISION STAR, AND CREATOR OF THE w ORLD c OMBAT l EAGUE AND THE K ICK S TART FOUNDATION

Randy Alcorns Deception is a fiction thriller that delivers. It was as engaging to me as books by Crichton or Clancy. I really resonated with the main character, Ollie Chandler. He tells it like it is, with sarcasm and humor. Im sure glad Randy cant paint, or Id be in big trouble!

R ON D I C IANNI, AWARD-WINNING ARTIST AND AUTHOR OF B EYOND W ORDS

Randy Alcorn is amazing. Hes one of my all-time favorite authors.

K AREN K INGSBURY, BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE R EDEMPTION S ERIES AND THE F IRSTBORN S ERIES

With humor, verve, and his usual attention to detail, Randy Alcorn has crafted a detective story that grips on page one and doesnt let go. Ollie Chandler won my admiration and Mike Hammer, aka Mulch, won my heart as Deception explored the nature of man, the deceit of evil, and the breadth of eternity. Not to be missed.

A NGELA H UNT, AUTHOR OF U NCHARTED

Alcorn has written a novel that combines the suspense of John Grisham and the theological pondering of C. S. Lewis.

N EW M AN magazine forD EADLINE

[Deadline] is for clear thinkers who enjoy a good argument. There can be no mistakingand there should be no ignoringthe vital message of this book.

F RANK P ERETTI, BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF T HIS P RESENT D ARKNESS

Randy Alcorn has hit it out of the park. Deadline is riveting. Motivating. Intriguing. Provocative. And its for the mystery lovers too. Many books feed the mind. Some feed the heart. Deadline nourishes both.

S TU W EBER, AUTHOR OF T ENDER W ARRIOR

My hat is off to Randy Alcorn for his novel Dominion. Wow, what a book. It was a great read, and entertaining, fascinating, and educational as well. I enjoyed it immensely and learned from it too, and what could be better than that? We need more of such books.

D OUGLAS G RESHAM, AUTHOR OF L ENTEN L ANDS : M Y C HILDHOOD WITH JOY D AVIDMAN AND C. S. L EWIS and J ACKS L IFE: T HE L IFE S TORY OF C. S. L EWI; co-producer, T HE L ION, THE W ITCH AND THE W ARDROBE

Alcorns writing remains top-notch, and he fills the pages with enough tension to cause ulcers.

B OOKSTORE J OURNAL FOR D OMINION

Astonishing book.

T HE L AMPLIGHTER forD OMINION

Dominion is a murder mystery in the best tradition of the genrebut it is written with a steely-edged factualness that is nothing short of haunting.

WORLD MAGAZINE

This is one of those rare books that I (a woman) enthusiastically recommend to men but am confident women will enjoy as well Alcorn takes the reader on a suspense-filled journey between heaven and earth, into the depths of darkness itself.

T HE R IVENDELL R EPORT forD EADLINE

This is a work of fiction. The characters, incidents, and dialogues are products of the authors imagination and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

DECEPTION published by Multnomah Books A division of Random House, Inc.

Unless otherwise indicated, Scripture quotations are from: The Holy Bible, New International Version 1973, 1984 by International Bible Society, used by permission of Zondervan Publishing House

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Alcorn, Randy C.
Deception : a novel / Randy Alcorn.
p. cm.
eISBN: 978-0-307-56149-7
I. Title.
PS3551.L292D45 2007
813.54dc22

2006039133

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OTHER BOOKS BY RANDY ALCORN

F ICTION

Deadline
Dominion
Edge of Eternity
Lord Foulgrins Letters
The Ishbane Conspiracy (with Angela and Karina Alcorn)
Safely Home
Wait Until Then

N ONFICTION:

50 Days of Heaven
Heaven for Kids
Heaven
The Law of Rewards
The Purity Principle
Why Pro-Life?
The Grace and Truth Paradox
The Treasure Principle
In Light of Eternity
Money, Possessions, and Eternity
Pro-Life Answers to Pro-Choice Arguments
Sexual Temptation
Women Under Stress (with Nanci Alcorn)
Christians in the Wake of the Sexual Revolution

To Diane Meyer
Who lived with us as a teenager when our girls were small and will always be a sister and daughter to us. We marvel at the great things God has done in your life, Di. Were among your greatest admirers. Youve said for years that you wanted me to write a spin-off from Deadline and Dominion. Nanci and I cant think of anyone wed rather dedicate it to than you.

My heartfelt thanks to Doreen Button, who looked over the manuscript in detail and made suggestions at critical points, all the way through proofreading.

Thanks to my friend and skilled editor Rod Morris for our partnership on yet another project. Thanks also to Julee Schwarzburg for her graciousness, attention to detail, and editorial input, as well as to Jennifer Barrow, for her outstanding copyediting. And to Rebekah Nafziger and Adrienne Spain for proofreading, and Pamela McGrew for typesetting.

Thanks to Kevin Marks and Doug Gabbert, for your encouragement and patience with this project. And to Sharon Znachko, for all your work and your kind words thanks, sis.

Im grateful to all those who have been part of the Multnomah familyincluding my friend Jay Echternachand to my dedicated partners at WaterBrook who will help get this book into peoples hands. And to the booksellers, without whom it wouldnt matter that I write books.

Thanks to the DesignWorks Group and especially to Tim Green for his great work on the Deception cover, as well as the new covers for Deadline and Dominion. (And thanks to Lawrence and Robin Green, who get some credit for Tim.)

Thanks to the staff of Eternal Perspective Ministries, who do so much for me and who put up with a lot while I was buried in this project. Specifically, thanks to my assistants, Kathy Norquist and Linda Jeffries; my secretary, Bonnie Hiestand; and our bookkeeper and diligent proofreader, Janet Albers. Bonnie in particular spent many hours deciphering my handwritten changes when I was reading the book aloud.