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This Present Darkness by Frank Peretti

In a quiet town, unseen forces wage a battle for human souls—one journalist’s curiosity may tip the balance. This Present Darkness blends supernatural suspense and small-town drama into a high-stakes tale of faith, fear, and the war just beyond our sight.

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... the vivid, behind-the-scenes spiritual warfare shaping everyday lives?

The Screwtape Letters by C. S. Lewis

If the angel–demon battles around Ashton—and how they influenced Pastor Hank Busche and editor Marshall Hogan’s choices—hooked you, you’ll love how The Screwtape Letters lets you eavesdrop on demonic strategy. Lewis’s senior tempter, Screwtape, coolly dissects how fear, pride, and distraction derail a soul, giving you that same sense of an unseen war steering visible events—only from the enemy’s playbook.

... a shadowy, global conspiracy with spiritual stakes driving world events?

Left Behind by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins

Did the attempted takeover of Ashton—boardrooms, backroom deals, and a town quietly being captured—keep you turning pages? Left Behind opens with sudden, world-altering disappearances and quickly spirals into geopolitical scheming, media spin, and a rising one-world power. The way Marshall’s digging exposed a larger spiritual agenda in Ashton finds a global mirror here—with the stakes cranked to apocalyptic.

... a tense investigation that peels back skepticism to confront real demonic evil?

The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty

If you were gripped by Marshall and Hank’s probing—piecing together strange happenings in Ashton until the demonic truth stood plain—The Exorcist delivers that same grim revelation. Detective Kinderman and Father Karras sift through medical, psychological, and spiritual explanations before facing the horrifying reality behind Regan’s affliction, matching the investigative urgency and hard-won certainty you enjoyed.

... interwoven viewpoints uncovering an angelic–human conspiracy across generations?

Angelology by Danielle Trussoni

If shifting between Hank, Marshall, and the angelic hosts ramped up the tension for you, Angelology uses multiple perspectives—scholars, seekers, and those hiding dangerous lore—to reveal a buried war with the Nephilim. As in Ashton, the more each narrator uncovers, the larger the spiritual conspiracy becomes, blending scholarship, chase sequences, and revelations about an ancient enemy.

... relentless, high-stakes cat-and-mouse tension driven by moral and spiritual dilemmas?

Thr3e by Ted Dekker

If the breathless momentum of angelic rescues, narrow escapes, and escalating peril in Ashton pulled you through chapters, Thr3e is a full-on sprint. A theology student is taunted by a mastermind who forces impossible moral choices under a ticking clock, echoing the rapid-fire confrontations and spiritual pressure you enjoyed—only here the battlefield is the mind as much as the street.

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