Safely Home

Is this the day I die? Li Quan asks himself this question daily, knowing that he might be killed for practicing his faith. American businessman Ben Fielding has no idea what his brilliant former college roommate is facing in China. He expects his old friend has fulfilled his dream of becoming a university professor. But when they are reunited in China after twenty years, both men are shocked at what they discover about each other. Thrown together in an hour of encroaching darkness, both must make choices that will determine not only the destinies of two men, but two families, two nations, and two worlds.ReviewSafely Home is not only a first-class story; it?s a bracing wake-up call about Christian persecution in China. You?ll be challenged.Chuck ColsonThis brilliant story mixes the warmth of a good novel with the harsh reality of the persecuted church.Dr. Tim LaHayeFrom the Back Cover?Is this the day I die??Quan stiffened at the shout behind him. The voice rang with authority. ?You meet in the night like the criminals you are. How dare you defy the law? In three minutes we will shoot every man, woman, and child who does not declare himself loyal to the people rather than the gwelios, foreign devils.?American business executive Ben Fielding has no idea what his brilliant old college roommate is facing in China. But when they?re reunited in China after twenty years, the men are shocked at what they discover about each other.Thrown together in an hour of encroaching darkness, watched by unseen eyes, both must make choices that will determine not only the destinies of two men, but two families, two nations . . . and two worlds.Special features: Author interview, letters from readers, and discussion questions