A family canoeing vacation turns into a terrifying ordeal as a mother and her children are forced to flee through the wilderness, pursued by a relentless stranger. The mother finds her relationship with God challenged both by the man who wants to kill them and by a man who tries to save them. A story of faith, doubt, struggle, and sacrifice.

When Sarah, Bobby, and their three children stop at Picnic Landing, halfway through a day of whitewater canoeing, all they expect is a quiet lunch. Bobby takes a walk up the riverbank and returns running for his life, chased by a pistol-wielding stranger.

Thus begins a terrifying ordeal that will push Sarah and her children to the limits of their physical and spiritual strength. Along the way they meet a mysterious recluse who tries to help them, but whose personal story challenges Sarah's relationship with God as much as the relentless pursuit.

Content advisory: This may not be a typical Christian novel. The conflict may not be resolved by a conversion experience. The opinions of a doubter are expressed at length and not fully refuted. It is a portrayal of faith, not a promotion of it. If it strengthens faith, it is by challenging and examining it. If this sounds interesting to you, I hope you'll read the story, but if it sounds annoying, I hope you wont. I'm explaining this, author to reader, because it doesn't do either of us any good if you are disappointed. (In terms of a conventional content advisory, there is violence, non-sexual nudity, no sex, no vulgarity, and some ambiguous profanity -- but nothing that should distress an adult reader.)

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