Rust
Table of Contents
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
What People are Saying
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Epilogue
About the Author
About RUST the Movie
Discussion Questions
Thank you…
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RUST
The Novel
CORBIN BERNSEN
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons living or dead, business establishments, events, or locales, is entirely coincidental.
Rust: The Novel
COPYRIGHT 2015 by Corbin Bernsen
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All scripture quotations, unless otherwise indicated, are taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version(R), NIV(R), Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.™ Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved worldwide. www.zondervan.com
Cover Art by Nicola Martinez
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Publishing History
First Harbourlight Edition, 2015
Paperback Edition ISBN 978-1-61116-511-1
Electronic Edition ISBN 978-1-61116-510-4
Library of Congress Control Number: 2015941522
Published in the United States of America
Dedication
For Father and Mother always.
What People are Saying
About Rust the Movie
“a shining story of rediscovering faith”
~Francine Brokaw of Family Magazine Group
“…all the elements of a great mystery with a helping of faith.”
~ Dana Chaffin, Godandscience.org
“…spiritually uplifting and clearly shows that God will not forsake you and that His promises will be fulfilled. Dove is pleased to award Rust our Dove Seal for ages 12 and over.”
~Dove Reviews, dove.org
“…mature and engrossing…Anyone who likes a mystery should be up for this.”
~Greg Wright, Christiancinema.com
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James Moore forced himself to blink. “I’ve tried. But this has to be a two-way street, and if you can’t answer my simplest questions, help me at least understand where I’ve fallen short in your eyes…”
Silence.
Emotion balled in his throat, momentarily choked his breath. He lowered his head. The hands resting in his lap—not resting, wrung together—belonged to an old man. So many years gone, and now it had come to this? A shattered relationship that should have lasted a lifetime. He lifted his head and stared into those glassy eyes. “How can we fix this? How can we fix us…?”
Silence.
Dust motes danced in the sunbeam streaming through the window, the shaft of light mocking the darkness within him, the twirling specks oddly reminding him of a time when sitting in this humble place made him happy.