A Sneak Peek
It’s tricky describing a book without spoiling the fun of reading it. I have a novel coming out very soon and want to give prospective readers enough details about the plot and characters to do justice to the story’s essence, but reveal too much and the joy of discovering what the next page will bring is lost.
I’m not trying to be coy about the storyline when I say it’s about secrets, both keeping them and being freed from them. Throughout the book, fine lines separate earthly and supernatural, outcasts and saviors, first impressions and final judgments, leaving a lasting reminder: Don’t judge a miracle by its maker.
Here’s the plot summary that graces the back cover:
Few can do what Ray Glennon can. Many notice, hardly anyone understands. Ray has a secret. Three, actually. Sent away at birth, brought back nearly nine years later to a beleaguered country town called Faith. People stay in their lanes here, do as they’re told, become what they’re expected to be. Ray is different, not an easy thing to be in Faith, making the poor kid a foreigner at home, a target of torment at school. An elderly couple offers solace and the delights within a ceramic jar on their kitchen counter.
As years pass, hardship visits many in Faith, and the community is repeatedly upended by a series of confounding incidents. It escapes no one’s attention that Ray figures in each. Notes written in a hand no one recognizes arrive from who knows where, curiously finding their way into Ray’s possession. Riddling out the cryptic messages brings Ray to the rescue of Faith’s most stricken and to terms with long-concealed truths and hard-to-grasp capabilities. Wonders ensue. A mother sacrifices body and soul. Secrets are revealed, as are faculties of the human spirit that only in the rarest instances get put to use.
Some early praise from an internationally best-selling, prize-winning author who’s had four novels published with a fifth on the way:
And a look at the cover:
The story means a great deal to me, and I offer it to readers in the hope they may find meaning it too.
The book’s official release date is October 17, but pre-orders are already being taken.