SAFELY HOME

While a fictional story, this is not art for art's sake. There's a strong message in this story of an American businessman who has lost his Christian faith. He travels to China, where he meets his college roommate, who is practicing Christianity in the midst of persecution. The persecution leads the American back to his faith. Steve Sever's presentation of the Chinese voice is quite good; he captures the speech pattern of someone whose native language is Chinese. His deep voice is always clear and strong. However, this is the voice of a professional radio announcer, not the voice of a storyteller. And the voices from heaven are a bit hokey. M.L.C. 2002 Audie Award Finalist (c) AudioFile 2002, Portland, Maine [Published: JUN/JUL 02]