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  <title><![CDATA[The Oath]]></title>
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  <default-description>Under cover of darkness, something evil is at work in Hyde River, an old mining town deep in the mountains.  Its latest victim, nature photographer Cliff Benson, was brutally killed while camping -- and his wife Evelyn has been driven nearly mad by what she saw, but she can't remember what it was.  The sheriff thinks a rogue bear killed Cliff.  But townspeople whisper -- and Cliff's death is just the latest in a long string of bizarre &quot;accidents.&quot;  Cliff's brother Steve is determined to find out the truth about what's concealed in the old caverns near Hyde River, a mystery that the local folk legends only hint at.</default-description>
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  <original-publication-year type="integer">1995</original-publication-year>
  <original-title>The Oath</original-title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Frank E. Peretti]]></name>
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  <read_at>Sun Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2002</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Frank Peretti, The Oath (Word, 1995)<br/><br/>I got this a few years back from my mother as a Christmas present. I pointed out to her that Peretti is widely known as a Christian author (one would think that the book's publisher, who also releases books by folks like Billy Graham, would have been a g...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/13292184">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[people from the age of 13 to adult.]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is  a fictional story that addresses the very real sin that dwells within each of us. <br/>The first 1/3 of the book is very interesting; then, as I read it, I found myself falling asleep through the next 1/3. But the last 1/3, when all the ends start tying up and the pieces fall into place, I...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1889756">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1996</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book proves that Frank Peretti is the Stephen King of Christian fiction.  I think I read this one in about a day and a night.  I was worthless for the whole time I was reading it because I couldn't put it down.  I read it while my husband was away on a business trip and then I wouldn't put it d...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2032621">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="5681549">
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[Anyone who enjoys a good Christian fiction]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Fri Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2000</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Fri Sep 07 10:14:36 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[There is a little bit of everything in this book. A bit of romance, action, mystery, thrill, fear, and of course a good moral &amp; lesson in the end. I was able to read this novel for hours and never grow tired. Frank Peretti has never disappointed me yet with his novels and is one of my favorite autho...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5681549">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="69685364">
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  <read_at>Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was one of Perettiâ€™s best.  The plot centers on the effect of evil on the human soul.  Professor Steve Benson.  comes to the town of Hyde River because his brother, Cliff, has been killed by some enormous animal that seems to defy description.  It is assumed that he was mauled by a bear, but ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/69685364">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Thu Jun 05 21:53:36 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Jun 05 21:56:10 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I found this book at a campsite in the mountains of Wyoming...expecting it to be a horror novel about murder in the mountains....  Turned out to be a horror novel with an evil monster lurking in the mountains.  Needless to say, when I got to the end, all of the pages were ripped out.  So I had to wa...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/23829652">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Hrm...Let me just begin with the fact that I was not happy with this book.  It began well.  It had a very enveloping premise and I poured through half of it in half a school day (yes, it was so engrossing of a beginning that I read it during class).  However, I was thoroughly disappointed with the c...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/56027364">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon Mar 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[     Frank Peretti latest novel could be described as one of his best yet, as the Christian writer has mixed all the elements of a good action thriller novel and doused them in a Christian message. His story follows Steve Benson, a renowned wildlife biologist, and his investigation into his brotherâ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48686670">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="49648088">
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  <read_at>Wed Apr 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[None of the reviews Iâ€™ve seen attempt to judge Oath on its merits as a thrillerâ€”only as a Christian thriller. I find this insulting and sad. The implication is that it is unfair or irrelevant to weigh Christian cultural/artistic efforts on the same scale as secular culture. This is akin to sayin...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49648088">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <recommended_by><![CDATA[The jacket design caught my eye.]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1997</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is among my most favorite novels ever. A young woman runs for help from something terrifying, something that has enraged as well as frightened her. Her brother in law, Steve Benson, is called to her aid and  learns that his brother has been killed - and Evelyn, his sister in law, cannot describ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/36666125">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="18369238">
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    <name><![CDATA[Werner]]></name>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[Fans of supernatural fiction, esp. with a Christian orientation]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1998</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Peretti is generally viewed as the dean of supernatural fiction writers in the commercial &quot;Christian fiction&quot; market (which he was largely single-handedly responsible for opening up to this genre).  Although I haven't read any of his other work, I'd be inclined to say that he deserves his ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18369238">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed Sep 10 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Although this is about a dragon and I love dragons, I still didn't really like it.  This novel is very poorly written, the action staggers along in some parts while it races in others.  What was most frustrating is that we never get a clear answer about what the dragon really was, where it came from...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39722130">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sun Sep 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I absolutely loved this book. I usually do not like reading a whole lot, especially long &quot;boring&quot; books. I have tried to read SO many books and ended up putting them down within the first 5 chapters because I just couldn't get into it! This book, however, had me gripped in the very first c...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/70173959">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="32514604">
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  <recommended_by><![CDATA[no one. I found on a shelf looking for a good read]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Sun Sep 07 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[The Oath is a christian fictional novel written by Frank E. Peretti. The Oath centers around a wild life bioligist who searches for the cause of his brother's death, whom was found in the forest with half his body missing, In and around a town called Hyde River. The main character at first believes ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/32514604">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="72585200">
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    <body><![CDATA[ I love Fran Peretti's books! They are Christian fiction alligories. The Oath was about how sin can take control of your life, and start to run it. Then ultimatly destroy you. In this book sin is in the form of a black liquid over your heart that cannot be removed. At first the mark disturbs you, bu...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72585200">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed Jul 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[The &quot;Oath&quot; is an awesome book showing what sin can do to our hearts/lives!  As humans we &quot;love&quot; our sin and through God we can be forgiven and realesed from the clutches of that sin!  Frank Peretti has written an awesome story depicting sin as something tangible and frightening(w...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65274363">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu Aug 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Thu Aug 13 09:14:01 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[The first half of the book really was quite good and hooked me pretty fast. Then things started getting preachy (I didn't realize Peretti was a Christian author). Stripped of the religion, this could have been a very good book. There were some other complaints I had - namely, characters start acting...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64377554">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Fri May 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Sun May 10 22:21:17 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I liked this book even though it was very different than I was expecting. It was a very clear metaphor of what happens when sin, and not Jesus, resides in your heart. This would be a very good book for a young adult to read to begin to understand this principle. Warning if you recommend to a young a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/55640658">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2001</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Sun Jul 13 13:34:03 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[It's been a while since I've read this book, so my review may not be as thorough as some would like. I think I read it my freshman year of high school, which would have been in 2001.<br/><br/>Like many of Peretti's books, this one contains a lot of symbolism, but symbolism well-delivered. As alway...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/26803098">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Sort of a fantasy story. One of my favorites though. People dying unexplainable in a town that is unwelcome to strangers. Everyone has secrets and everyone is marked. Even the stranger who comes to investigate the mysterious death of his brother. I have read this book at least 4 times and it's great...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73239572">more...</a>]]></body>
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