The Fear of Silence is a fun and thoughtful read for both Christians and those typically uninterested in religion, just as many of its characters are similarly interested in religion, but who come to know through experience that the supernatural side of life cannot be ignored.

Childlike imagination and brilliant mastery of the English language meet a mature (and bold) understanding of theology in this masterpiece. It’s the kind of book that stimulates the mind and the heart with new important ideas.

Many brilliant insights into life and solutions to it’s questions are shared in the book, which will help you recognize, as in CS Lewis’s Screwtape Letters, that real devils may be tormenting you in your day to day life, and what you can do to shut them down with the always superior power of God.

High concentration on anything is a form of prayer, as the devil’s admit in the story, rejoicing in how distracted from reality and humanity we have all become with our fancy electronics. In an ironic twist, residents of a remote town are forced to constantly be plugged in to some sort of noise to prevent mysterious deaths from occurring.

Characters are forced to confront the reality of supernatural evil inflicting their town. Can a strong but conflicted man save the day? Can he wake up the supernatural realities in time to keep the whole community from destruction? Can we wake up in time to save ours?

The evil spirits crave the bodies of those who had not rebelled. Complete possession of a person is a tremendous delight for them, allowing them to bypass the temptation process, enabling unrestrained evil. The catch is that this form of possession is only possible by agreement.

It is shown that human sacrifice unlocks the powers of evil.

The devil’s couldn’t effect the lady who covered herself in a blanket with the protective word of God, the devil’s have to submit to God’s authority. Many heard that this worked but few were willing to try it.

It suggests that devils move up in rank for successfully tempting people, and that there are devils dedicated/assigned to destroying generations of the same family.

The devils whisper to us in our own head voices, and prowl about, dealing in lies. How true this is, that the voices of angels and demons all sound like our own, that’s part of the test of life, to see if we will listen to the good or the evil.

The devils try to offer people deals if they’ll submit that they’ll have some amount of Deliverance from death, and maybe even some special powers of knowledge.

That the righteous and churches are protected from devils, but even they begin to be effected when the whole community is going down.

Once the devil’s possession of someone becomes of no use they leave that person like if a person is locked into jail they can’t use him anymore. It’s like stories of suicide attempts I’ve heard where once the person commits the attempt they suddenly realize dying is the last thing they want and they immediately regret the steps they had taken like a person in midair falling from a height who later miraculously survived to tell the tale.

The story relates the story of the city being watched over by two devils how it was actually a very wicked City that didn’t need many devils to get it to do evil versus the man surrounded by many who was very righteous in many devils we needed to tempt him.

It shows that the intimidating Devil of devils is still ALWAYS inferior to God, and always frustrated about that.

Human fear is the drug of demons.

Men of God don’t fear the devils, equipped with the knowledge that all the devils can do is destroy the body.

The devil’s say selfishness is a virtue, morality and chastity are outdated,

moderation and lack of commitment in spirituality is desirable, and that it’s all about balance.

Unlike most thriller books these days that glorify evil, this book demonstrates the opposite, that evil is shallow, inferior, and though intimidating, will not prevail.

When we act in fear, we ironically lose what we fear losing.

The power of God may not take away all of our pain, but makes it manageable.

The one who was closest to God was most instrumental in defeating the evil. Her good essence, not her knowledge or skill, defeated the greatest of evils.

Darkness can be chased away by words and people who reflect light.

“The tyranny of evil men” is the fact that however bad or tough you are, there’s someone more bad and more tough, and when he comes around, he will humble you, putting you in your place. But the opposite is also true – there’s someone more good more powerful than all the bad, and that goodness will, if we want it to, put evil in its place. The theme of genuine good triumphing over genuine evil is what makes this a book a classic.

So how do you win the battle against evil? What’s the dirty secret? You have to press on in the direction you think is right, even without being sure that it is, and there lies your greatest fears, and your only chance for survival.

This great book’s lessons are important, stirring, and applicable to a wide audience, serving as a last minute wake-up call and battle plan for a society in crisis.

Note that this book is written for an adult audience, with sensitive subjects not typically suited for children, especially young children, namely some crudeness (the story taking place in the crude time of the present day), and horrific scenes (as the nature of evil is indeed horrifying).