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Executive Ben Fielding hits upon a perfect plan: he will make his company millions of dollars by using Chinese labor to manufacture its electronic components. To kickstart his plan, he visits China, where he stays with college roommate Li Quan, whom he hasn’t seen in over 20 years. From Li, Ben learns that his initial impressions of China from his research and from visits over the years are false, but Ben doesn’t believe Li’s stories of the persecution of Christians until Li is taken to jail. As Ben rediscovers Jesus through Li’s faith, he discovers the truth that God does not promise an easy life on Earth, only eternal happiness after death.


Fans of Randy Alcorn will applaud this soul-stirring story of two college friends who reconnect after twenty years. One is living life apart from God in comfortable corporate America while the other is living for Christ under intense persecution in China. This stunning page-turner will convict the hearts of readers to live in the light of eternity. Royalties from sales of this book will be donated to support the persecuted Church.

A deeply moving tribute to persecuted Christians around the world, Safely Home tells the story of two friends with radically different ideals. When Ben Fielding, soon-to-be CEO of a successful American computer company, goes on a research trip to stay with Li Chan, a former university friend in China, his eyes are opened to the officially hidden aspects of Chinese “religious freedom.” A practical, ambitious man who has left behind his “outdated” faith, Fielding resists his friend’s whole-hearted trust in God and His Word. He urges Li to water down his beliefs and actions so the Chinese government will not single him out as a dissident. Li chooses to remain faithful and accept the consequences.


While the reader sees Fielding’s response to all he observes, the author skilfully paints a picture of heaven’s reactions to earth’s drama as well. Alcorn imagines the eternal King’s heartache, wrath, and the patience of His grace, and portrays the emotions of the angels and those who have gone before as they watch events unfold.


Alcorn’s use of Chinese language, proverbs, and straightforward expression of English is wonderful. The striking parallel between communist persecution and North American subversion of Christianity has never been so clear. This is not a depressing story of atrocities, but an inspiring, hope-filled novel that will build one’s faith.
-review by Cindy