Ten years ago God gave Braden a sign a promise that his family wouldn't fall apart the way he feared.
But Braden got it wrong: his older brother Trey has been estranged from the family for almost as long and his father the only parent Braden has ever known has been accused of murder. The arrest of Braden's father a well-known Christian radio host has sparked national media attention. His fate lies in his son's hands; Braden is the key witness in his father's upcoming trial.
Braden has always measured himself through baseball. He is the star pitcher in his small town of Ornette and his ninety-four mile per hour pitch already has minor league scouts buzzing in his junior year. Now the rules of the sport that has always been Braden's saving grace are blurred in ways he never realized and the prospect of playing against Alex Reyes the nephew of the police officer his father is accused of killing is haunting his every pitch.
Braden faces an impossible choice one that will define him for the rest of his life in this brutally honest debut novel about family faith and the ultimate test of conviction.
