Into the Tempest is a novel written by Eric Luppold. It is a generous size 262-page softcover book, priced at $19.95.

This book would be great for middle-grade students and up. It would also be a good addition to a church library or bookstore, or as a study in a homeschool co-op class.

I very much enjoyed reading this book, and plan to use it with one of my children. When reading it alongside the political and social climate in the United States (and much of the world) today, this book comes alive with plausibility. Written in comparison to what happened in Russia over several decades, one can easily see the same thing happening here, in ways so subtle that we as a people have not seen it until we are right in the middle of it.

The viewpoints of this story are written from are two main characters. Sam Knox, whose mother has been imprisoned and father has been killed while trying to escape arrest for the crime of exposing Sam to religious teaching, and Detective Shawn O’Conner, who has the self-imposed mission of arresting or killing Christians.

In this book, The United States of America has become a place where Christians are considered mentally ill. Adults who are Christians must have a sign posted on their homes stating that no children under age eighteen may be there. And those under age eighteen who profess Christianity can be, and often are, sent to mental illness facilities. When parents are convicted of sharing information about Christianity with their children, they go to prison and their children are put in foster care.

I was extremely impressed with this novelization of where I believe my country is heading. I think people should read it, and they should read it while paying attention to what is happening in real life. If they do, I do not know how they would not be able to see in this story exactly what is happening around us.

-Product review by Lori Moffit, The Old Schoolhouse® Magazine, LLC, February 2020