Edge of Eternity is one of the best books I have ever read, both as a literature fan and as a Christian.
    I’ve probably read the book cover to cover about 15 times and still to this day every time I read it I can’t help but cry like a baby at the beautiful imagery. Every time I read the part where the woodsman tells Nick Seagrave that “I did it all for you, I would have done it for you alone.” I feel like God is speaking directly to me...and I can’t begin to tell you how amazing that feels.
    Even more than that scene however is that fact that this book addresses the issue of Christians living after coming to Christ—and that we’re not alone in continuing to view ourselves worthless and to fall victim to ourselves, the world, and the enemy.
This book is a great comfort in my life, and a reminder anytime I get away from it of how important it is to read my Bible and follow the red path Home. — R. S.

Just recently read your book Edge of Eternity.  Never have I thought about the Christian life like you have described it.  Your word pictures of the Chasmwalker brought me to brokenness about my selfishness. All I can say is thank you. You have definitely changed my viewpoint in many areas. - E. C.

I felt compelled to write you to let you know how much your book Edge of Eternity meant to me. I just finished it, struggling through my tears to read the last few chapters. A friend gave me the book to read a few weeks ago—little did she know the battles raging within me.
    I am a minister’s wife who has been camping out on the porch of complacency and justifying my lack of serving Him over the past 3 years as a result of bitterness, resentment and anger. I grew up on the mission field, married a music minister, and had been a faithful servant in the Lord’s church for many years. Then we got a new pastor, he privately came to my husband and told him he wanted someone younger and more of a “rule breaker” and to pack up his office and go. He also told my husband that he would pay him 3 month’s severance pay IF he kept his mouth shut and never discussed their conversation with anyone. He then proceeded to lie from the pulpit to the church and tell them that he “caught” my husband secretly looking for another job, so he decided to go ahead and let him go.
    Words cannot begin to describe the hurt, anger and disappointment we both felt. For several weeks, our phone rang off the hook with people from the church, hurt, confused, angry at our sudden “departure” and we could not share the truth of the situation. My hurt and disappointment quickly turned to bitterness and hatred—questioning why God would allow this to happen to my husband, His faithful servant—why He would allow our family to suffer like this.
    Six months later my husband took a position in a new church. I smiled and held his hand as we joined the church, while inwardly I vowed to “sit the bench” and not get involved. After all, look what happened last time. I didn’t join the choir, I didn’t go to Sunday School, I slipped in and out of the services and never spoke to anyone. I was not going to be hurt again and the best way to do that was to hold people at arm’s length. For three years I’ve been doing this, and have become comfortably numb in my hardened heart.
    Then I started reading your book. I struggled to fight back the tears as I related to the character Nick’s self-sufficiency. I would read and then put it down for a few days, and then pick it up again. Its words pierced my heart and the symbolism woven so eloquently throughout the book began to chip away at the wall in which I had taken refuge. The Holy Spirit was convicting me of the way I had veered so far off the “red road” all the while justifying my actions and believing that “one day” I would return to the red road, but “not yet...I’m not ready.” My fear of giving in was knowing what He would expect of me, and realizing that if I asked Him to restore the joy of my salvation, He would.
    The nails that kept refilling Nick’s pocket mirrored the way I was crucifying my Lord every day with my lack of obedience and hard heart. The tears began to flow as I cried out to the Lord for His forgiveness. Your book, has made a difference in my life and has caused the Word of God to come to light in a whole new way for me. I will never be the same again. I just wanted you to know, from a heart that has been restored and set back on course.
    I’m forever grateful and will purchase my own copy to hopefully pass on to another wounded heart. — Tracey (name used with permission)

I have never read a book like Edge of Eternity. I was transported into the next realm in ways I can’t describe, but I could see every word Mr. Alcorn wrote in my head and in my spirit. It was the most moving experience of my life. I will read the book again. God truly anointed your book. — J. H.

I just finished Edge of Eternity. This is a life-changing book. I actually read slowly the last few chapters, not wanting it to end! — V. L.

I am 20 years old, a 2nd-year theology student. I finished your book Edge of Eternity. My faith has been restored together with my hope and trust in God, The Almighty, and I thank Him for fellow chasm-crossers like you, sir. I share so many likenesses and faults with the characters and rejoiced in the solutions to their problems. — T. R.

Again, Randy Alcorn has written an excellent book that keeps the reader on the edge of the seat until the very last page. – J. C.  

The name of the book should have given me a clue but I was shocked to walk in to a fantasy land with Nick. The symbology while not as subtle as C. S. Lewis’ Chronicles of Narnia, still make me think hard about my own life and what is most important. – R. R.

I enjoy reading Randy Alcorn books, so started reading this one from a familiar viewpoint. Immediately this book takes you beyond familiar and places you in a new world view. While being fiction, it does challenge us to think outside the box which I like. Truth is, we are made for eternity...the question is, where will you spend it? Don’t get caught on the wrong side of this question. Your choice will have eternal consequences. I enjoyed reading this book. – J. E.

Thank you for writing Edge of Eternity. What a great adventure it was. I’m in college and must tell you that school takes away a person’s drive to read personally. Your story, a parable as it were for the Christian life, brought me a fun and emotional experience at a time when it’s easy to let life become stressful. Once again I appreciate your work knowing you enjoy doing it as much as your audience enjoys experiencing the stories.  I hope to make time for another soon. - M. E.

I wanted to thank you for the only book of yours I have read Edge of Eternity. I finished it for the 7th time last night.  This book has helped me view a bigger picture through very dark times I have already gone through. Things I believe no one should be tested with, things no one should ever see. I will read this book for the rest of my life, I am glad it found me. Thank you. - G. D.

Once I figured out what was going on, I liked this book. It’s more of an allegory with an Science Fiction tilt than a straight-up novel. Kind of a crossbreed, I guess. I suspect Alcorn may have been thinking of Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan when he wrote Edge of Eternity. I know I was, as I read it. It’s good, and an easier read than Pilgrim, but not as deep—that would be a very tall order. It’s a good read, particularly if you enjoy speculative fiction. – R. G.

This book had my attention so much at first that I couldn’t put it down. There were so many unique parallels to what we as Christians really experience spiritually, such as spiritual warfare and our constant journey to stay on the “Red road,” longing for Heaven (depicted in this novel as Charis, the City of Light).
    Some of the locations and personal references were a little confusing and hard to keep up with after being introduced to so many characters along the way, and the fact that a lot of things had multiple names/titles in the novel. I love Randy Alcorn, but in all honesty, I started to get a little bored about 3/4 through the book. By this point, there wasn’t much action happening and it seemed a bit mundane with walking, walking, and more walking of the red road. It picked back up for the most part in the last 20 pages or so with some enticing encounters with a devilish character and transportation. (My favorite Alcorn book by far is Safely Home.) – H. S.

I love all of Randy Alcorn’s works, but Edge of Eternity particularly affected me. Although it was an excellent story and very entertaining, Mr. Alcorn was able to effectively capture the Christian’s life journey in a way that provoked me and encouraged me spiritually as well. It reminded me of a modern-day Pilgrim’s Progress, but it’s definitely its own unique work. The spiritual parallels are just subtle enough that you have to look for them, but they are definitely there. The ending in particular was especially poignant, and when I closed the book I couldn’t help but fall to my knees in prayer and thanks to God. If I might offer a little advice…buy this book! - J. F.

Randy Alcorn is one of the most versatile writers in the Christian world today. He has produced six fictional works and numerous nonfiction on a range of subject from inner-city race relations to a theological review of Heaven. One notable aspect of Alcorn’s work is that you can often see the root of the formula in the works of masters. So, his Lord Foulgrin’s Letters is very much like C.S. Lewis’s Screwtape Letters. The Edge of Eternity will remind you of Pilgrim’s Progress. This is in no way intended to denigrate what Alcorn has accomplished, for in this work, he has created a first rate allegory. 
    The book opens very quickly into a surreal place that will leave you confused and sometimes frustrated through the first 40 pages. I put the book down, and almost forgot about it for several weeks. I am very thankful that I picked it up again and stayed with it during this very strange opening.
    Like Pilgrim’s Progress, the protagonist is on a journey in a strange land. Unlike the classic, however, the character’s names and the places they visit or not quite so obvious in what they are analogous to. But when clarity comes, it is like a spiritual awakening, and often includes having to deal with feelings that we’d rather leave in a closet somewhere. Skewered is a word that comes to mind.
    This book easily makes my top 10 list, and I have consumed 1000’s of books. I don’t think you can read it to the end without having it change your life...at least for a season. - R. K.

I have this flaw: I love fiction and can’t get into non-fiction. For that reason I was drawn in, awed, and overwhelmed by Edge of Eternity. You explained some very simple truths so clearly that people always seem to get confused by, and you kept the action going. I think I learned more in that one book than any other fiction book I’ve ever read. - D. B.

I just finished reading my copy of Edge of Eternity. To say that this book has had an influence on my views of my walk with Christ, and my prayer life, would be putting it mildly. Thank you so very much for writing that book. I look forward to reading your other works. - D. M.

I just finished the last page of Edge of Eternity, which I found for 25 cents in a public library in the used book sale room. Though 55 years old and a Christian for almost 30 years, I am touched and challenged and healed by your book. Areas of unsettledness and failure, I hope and believe, are potentially past. The small opportunities to pray for someone, or give or reach out, will be stones I can stop and pick up, as gifts to my King, without distraction and self-doubt.

And my struggle to serve the Lord in significant ways feels like its over, with a new contentment to just walk the red road, doing each day’s deeds in contentment and freedom and joy. And the goal—not my spiritual development, not maximum effectiveness and pursuit of my potential in Christ—is faithfully walking the path He lays out for me, with love and gratitude and joy. - R. C.

As with all Randy Alcorn books, I simply loved Edge of Eternity. Quick and face paced, this is a page-turner. Don’t miss an opportunity to get this book read.  There are so many real life Christian issues heralded in this book, it cannot help but change the readers perspective. I know it did for me, on many levels. — V. P.

I was born and raised in the Buddhist religion but when I was eight I did pick up a Bible and converted to Christianity. Four years later I converted my mother.
    I received a copy of your book, Edge of Eternity, when I was a sophomore in high school. I read it at a leisurely pace, not really getting into much detail.I am rounding 20 now, and have read the book over 9 times, only just now taking a highlighter and a fine tooth comb to the book. I would like to compliment you on the excellent piece of work that you have put forth. It truly is a work of art, and more importantly of God. - Anonymous

I am now in the middle of Edge of Eternity. My thanks to you for constantly reminding me of seeing things in light of eternity. It has literally changed my perspective on life—how I see my family, my church, my role in this short life. Just last night I read a quote from your book Edge where Shad says, "The darkness doesn’t need a little less darkness; what it needs is light." Thank you for shining the Light. - M. S.

A brief note to say "well done" on Edge of Eternity. It reaches close to the heart and inspires me to consider whom we serve, what the conflict is about and the consequences of our choices for better or worse. I believe every person who serves Him—Our Lord and Savior—would be encouraged and blessed by this fine book. Thank you and may Jesus richly bless you in your ministry. - J. R.—a "fellow traveler"

When I finished Deadline, I was so overwhelmed because having a special needs child, I could relate to little Finn, along with many other aspects of the story. Being a kidney donor for my brother, the entire theme of the book was impressive. But, now that I have finished Edge of Eternity, I have been so renewed in my faith that I just had to respond with an email. Other writings have served my spirit well in building my faith, but this one in particular has allowed me to view Christ’s suffering at Calvary in a whole new respect as if it was possible. It is remarkable that I have had your book for over a month and have not chosen to read it until now. What a glorious God we serve, that he even designates the time and material of our reading with good Friday and Easter quickly approaching. Thank you for Edge and the spiritual renewing it has brought me. I am now sending it to a friend. - A. B.

It’s four o’clock in the morning and I have just finished reading your novel, Edge of Eternity. I must confess to you that when I started reading the book, I thought it was going to be just another strange book loosely written about the end time, or something. Little did I know that your book would take me on a journey through my own life and show me myself in so many different ways. I found myself in many, many of the characters in your book. Unfortunately, some of them were not the type of person I want to think of myself as.
    Your book has given me a wonderful picture of the walk we each must take on our journey to the King. It has helped me put many of my wrong ideas into proper perspective. It has helped me see my journey more clearly than I ever have before. I am 45 years old, the father of five children and the grandfather of one. I have known all along that my walk with the Lord is a living example to my family. But now I can see more clearly the consequences of not staying on the road the Lord has given us to travel. Thank you again for writing this book. - D. F.

It’s hard for me to know where to begin to tell you how much Edge of Eternity has meant to me! I have read it twice and wish everyone I know would read it. I long for Jesus’ return and now I have a better vision of what I’m yearning for! This present-day world is very difficult to live in, but your book helps me to understand that a very lost and dying world needs to hear the incredibly wonderful news we can’t sit on” but I still can’t wait for that trumpet to sound! Again, thank you for your work and God bless you! - M. D.