Lost Mission

I have to think of this book as a fable or parable in order to appreciate it. We're not given fully realized characters in those stories; instead, the characters are meant to prompt reflection on our own actions. They are not more archetypal than fictional. This description is not a detraction. The......more

This was remarkable. Just remarkable. Athol Dickson's writing credentials are impeccable, and one need only read Lost Mission to discover why. Painstakingly researched and masterfully told, the story bookends lives separated by 200 years in time, but intertwined in eternity. In 1767, Fray Alejandro le......more

The story is told from various characters' points of view both in the present and in the past; the basis for the modern-day tale has its roots firmly in what took place nearly 300 years ago at the site of a no longer existent Spanish mission by the name of Mision de Santa Dolores. What happened at t......more

It took a couple (actually four) chapters for me to get into the rhythm of Dickson's writing style. At first, I found his method of switching between between the past and present a bit jarring. But I stuck with it. Once I became "hooked" into the manuscript, I wanted to continue reading until I disco......more

From my review at A Christian Worldview of Fiction: Like anything else we read, we must think and look to Scripture and compare and ask questions and pray. This book pushed me to do a lot of the above. I highly recommend Lost Mission for those who are ready to tackle a book that disturbs and makes t......more