New Novel Manuscipt: This Place of Salvation

A troubled twelve-year-old boy named Jerry shows up in a small North Carolina town where his bizarre behavior upsets the social order. Rival families try to bring Jerry to God, but his evildoing escalates. Only fifteen-year-old Tommy Kittrell and his friend Coop see Jerry for who he really is—and now, as an adult, Pastor Thomas Kittrell must atone for the tragic consequences of his actions.