Wallace is a brilliant storyteller, and this novel has enough characters, sub-plots, frightening twists, authentic details,violence, and sex to appeal to a wide range of readers. The Word is a powerful suspense story, a love story, an odyssey for truth, an examination of evil, a novel as topical as the latest authentic reports on new Biblical finds, a great character study and a superb narrative answer to Pilate's 'What is Truth？' question. It is, successfully, all of these. All at once.

At the climax comes a surprise twist that only master storyteller Iriving Wallace could pull off.

First published in 1984 The Miracle has everything we expect from Wallace at his best:rich,authentic detail,fast-paced plotting,suspense,and vivid characters.