TY - BOOK AU - Peretti,Frank E. TI - The oath SN - 0849911788 (alk. paper) AV - PS3566.E691317 O27 1995 U1 - 813/.54 20 PY - 1995/// CY - Dallas PB - Word Pub. KW - Dragons KW - Fiction KW - Northwest, Pacific KW - English fiction KW - United States KW - Christian fiction KW - Allegories KW - gsafd N2 - In the 1880s, a fiery preacher is hanged in a mining town by people who reject God in favor of Reason. The people's sins give birth to a dragon which to this day terrorizes the area. The story is recounted by a wildlife biologist who meets the dragon while investigating killer-bears. By the author of This Present Darkness ER -