Acclaimed novelist David Ryan Long won the Christy Award for best first novel with this moving story about the power of faith to reshape lives. Ian Merchant is a best-selling horror writer with two problems--a wicked case of writer's block, and a stalker who haunts him. When he experiences a profound spiritual encounter, Ian emerges as a new man. But how can he atone for the sins of his past, which line bookshelves in stores across America?