A while back I reviewed C. Hope Flinchbaugh's Daughter of China for the YLCF bookshelf. When I saw that she was releasing a new title on the persecuted Chinese church called Across the China Sky, I got my hands on it as quickly as possible.
This fictional book follows the relationship of a young engaged Chinese couple, Mei Lin and Liko, who struggle to keep their love alive while being separated. While Mei Lin serves in an orphanage for the summer, Liko is kidnapped by the dangerous Eastern Lightning cult, who attempt to brainwash, seduce, and coerce him into accepting false beliefs.
Though the characters first appeared in Daughter of China, this sequel can also be read independent of the first novel. The story is no fanciful imaginative tale either; Flinchbaugh went to China during her research to talk with pastors who had been held captive by the Eastern Lightning cult. Across the China Sky would be less uncomfortable if it were not so true-to-life. Unfortunately, it sheds light on reality for countless believers in East Asia.
This fictional book follows the relationship of a young engaged Chinese couple, Mei Lin and Liko, who struggle to keep their love alive while being separated. While Mei Lin serves in an orphanage for the summer, Liko is kidnapped by the dangerous Eastern Lightning cult, who attempt to brainwash, seduce, and coerce him into accepting false beliefs.
Though the characters first appeared in Daughter of China, this sequel can also be read independent of the first novel. The story is no fanciful imaginative tale either; Flinchbaugh went to China during her research to talk with pastors who had been held captive by the Eastern Lightning cult. Across the China Sky would be less uncomfortable if it were not so true-to-life. Unfortunately, it sheds light on reality for countless believers in East Asia.
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