Chapters (54)
- Cover
- Epigraph
- One
- Two
- Three
- Four
- Five
- Six
- Seven
- Eight
- Nine
- Ten
- Eleven
- Twelve
- Thirteen
- Fourteen
- Fifteen
- Sixteen
- Seventeen
- Eighteen
- Nineteen
- Twenty
- Twenty-One
- Twenty-Two
- Twenty-Three
- Twenty-Four
- Twenty-Five
- Twenty-Six
- Twenty-Seven
- Twenty-Eight
- Twenty-Nine
- Thirty
- Thirty-One
- Thirty-Two
- Thirty-Three
- Thirty-Four
- Thirty-Five
- Thirty-Six
- Thirty-Seven
- Thirty-Eight
- Thirty-Nine
- Forty
- Forty-One
- Forty-Two
- Forty-Three
- Forty-Four
- Forty-Five
- Epilogue
- A Note from the Author
- Discussion Questions
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
- Acclaim for David Rawlings
- Also by David Rawlings
“Daniel, the truth will win out. It always does. Even for those people who think they can keep their secrets buried, they know they’re there, and they suffer because of that knowledge. For some it’s an extra burden; they carry it as baggage. Others pretend they’re happy with the life they now lead, but deep down they’re not. So while they think they’ve won, they’re the ones who later in life sit back and realize just how much they’ve lost.”
- Is that true for the people around you? Is it true for you?
- Should some secrets never be revealed? Why?
- What do you think will happen to Daniel in terms of the consequences of his secrets?
- What do you think should happen? Does what you think should happen differ from what you think will happen? If so, why?
Acknowledgments
To God: Thank you for making this possible, in so many ways.
To my family: Nicky, Cameron, Daniella, and Emily, thank you for your patience in hearing about magical cameras and secrets—with a special shout-out to Emily, my little beta reader and finder of typos.
To the team behind me: James L. Rubart, it means a lot when authors you look up to hear your concept for a book and love it as much as you do; Steve Laube, whose wise counsel in short email bursts is greatly appreciated; my parents, thank you for your unwavering enthusiasm for the little wins; and the Fulwood family, my first fans ☺.
To the team at HarperCollins Christian Publishing: Becky Monds (for being the best editorial director ever), Paul Fisher, Allison Carter, Laura Wheeler, Savannah Summers, Kevin Hyer, and Kristen Ingebretson. Your partnership across the ocean, a dozen time zones, and several cultures means a lot. I appreciate each one of you for the work you do to bring a story from inside my head to the outside world. And to Jean Bloom, for her line editor’s eagle eye and translation skills to assist with my mother tongue of Australian.
To my Debut Authors Group: Jess, Rachel, Melissa, Joy, Tari, Natalie, Abigail, Lauren, and Hannah. It has been a joy to share in the excitement of our first year in publishing. Long may the stories continue!
All characters in this work are fictitious. Resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental, although if you see yourself in these pages, maybe someone’s trying to tell you something.
About the Author
David Rawlings is an Australian author, and a sports-mad father of three who loves humor and a clever turn of phrase. Over a twenty-five-year career he has put words on the page to put food on the table, developing from sports journalism and copywriting to corporate communication. Now in fiction, he entices readers to look deeper into life with stories that combine the everyday with a sense of the speculative, addressing the fundamental questions we all face.
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