Soul Tracker

by Bill Myers

Book Overview

What if you could visit heaven and hell, traveling when and wherever you wish . . . without ever dying? What if your teenage daughter, the joy of your life, had died a tragic death and you discovered a way to visit her?What if there were people and beings, on both sides of the grave, who want to stop your return?These are the questions facing novelist David Kauffman. As a single parent he is devastated when his young daughter meets an untimely death...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0310227569
• ISBN13: 9780310227564
• Release Date: August 2004
• Publisher: Zondervan
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.6"
• Age Range: 18 years and up

Customer Reviews

Christian science fiction that takes you to the brink of heaven

I imagine that many people look upon Christian fiction as some type of monolithic genre offering very little in terms of variety or thrills. To see just how wrong such thinking is, one need look no further than the prolific author Bill Myers and his extraordinary novel Soul Tracker. What you have here is a science fiction thriller that explores the deepest of human emotions while never straying far from the central message of God's love. I must say I have not read a great deal of Christian fiction - I haven't even gotten around to the Left Behind series yet - but Bill Myers has certainly awakened my interest in a genre that by all rights should be very important to me. Soul Tracker is an emotional exploration of a father's grief over the loss of his teenaged daughter, a death made all the more troubling because it was suicide. David Kauffman feels largely responsible for Emily's death and tears himself apart wondering what he could have and should have done differently for his little girl. Most of all, though, he desperately needs to know whether she is OK now, wherever she may be. He is not a religious man, so he approaches an expert on dying, Dr. Gita Patekar, hoping this expert can point him to someone who can communicate with the spirit of his daughter. Patekar herself is a complex and fascinating character. This Nepalese-born thanatologist had to grow up on the streets, forced to do horrible things to take care of herself and her little brother; she is now a Christian, but her faith is more analytical than emotional. She in fact finds herself unable to love or be loved, an emotional victim of a past she wishes she could forget. Dr. Patekar tells David that communication with the dead is impossible. Based on her analysis of the dead girl's journal, however, she finds reason to believe that Emily found Christ before she died. This possibility might have eased David's mind somewhat - if he had not started receiving communications from "Emily," including a radio dedication and an electronic phone message. Then a friend of Emily's tells him that the girl's death was strange and may not have been a suicide at all. By this point, nothing is going to stop David from trying to contact his little girl. His quest takes him to Life After Life and Dr. Patekar's employer there. The company has found a way of recording the first moments of death among a large sample of the dying and has created a virtual reality machine which allows individuals to relive an amalgamation of those dying experiences. Life After Life is not the humanitarian corporation it seems, however, and David and Gita soon find themselves in deep and potentially fatal trouble, their only allies a street preacher and his ragtag group of skid row youths. Myers engineers a thrilling and poignant ending to the novel, taking readers to the very brink of heaven itself. God's great Love is made manifest in the pages of this novel, and that makes it a book sure to touch th

FANTASTIC BOOK!

Mr. Myers has done an excellent job with this book! I can't wait for the sequel! His descriptions of Heaven and Hell were so amazing and I was especially touched by them. I have suggested this book to many people as it has been the best book I've read in quite a while!

Powerful and moving

Like Eli, this book is one that will make you think and be difficult to put down. It's also one that you'll likely wish to read again. Soul Tracker shows how Bill Myers is getting better with each book he writes at combining plot, characters, and important messages.

A realistic look at love, legalism, and loyalty

A father who cannot come to terms with the loss of his daughter . . . a scientist who cannot come to grips with the realities of faith. In his usual gritty style, Myers takes us on a journey from fear to faith, showing us reality through the venue of fiction. A story that will stay with you long after you turn the last page.

Wonderful book, can't put it down

I am a big fan of Bill Myers. I was eagerly waiting for this book to come out and this book did not disapoint me at all. It sucks you in from page and and you can't put it down, there are so many twists and turns in this book. The story begins where there is David, who recently lost his daughter to suicide. But there is little clues that maybe this wasn't a suicide. I just can't say how much I really enjoyed this book.