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A dying man. Ten thousand miles of road. One question that will not let him rest. In August 1784, Father Junípero Serra lies dying in a small adobe cell at the edge of the world. He has walked farther than any missionary in history. He has founded nine missions along the California coast. He has baptized thousands of souls and buried hundreds of children who died from diseases he carried in his breath. Now, with his final hours approaching, he looks back on a life consumed by holy fire—and asks the question he has avoided for fifty years: Did the good outweigh the harm? The Burning Road ...

The Plague Rider plunges you into a forgotten chapter of the American Southwest—when deserts were roadless, smallpox was a death sentence, and one unsung doctor dared to gallop straight into the epidemic’s maw. In December 1803, Basque-born surgeon Dr. Cristóbal María de Larrañaga receives a fragile vial of cow-pox lymph and an impossible order: carry living vaccine 1,400 miles from Chihuahua to the edge of the Rocky Mountains before it dies in the cold. With a mule train of orphan “courier” children, a scarred Navajo scout, and a midwife who trusts science more than saints, ...

STILL WALKING Surviving the Mountains, Memories, and Monsters by William Ferrier Jr. When the plane went down, Maya thought the worst thing she’d face was the cold. She was wrong. Maya Chen-Rodriguez survives the impossible—an air-crash deep in the Bitterroot Mountains. Injured, alone, and with a damaged prosthetic leg, she should not be alive. But when she discovers her grandmother Rose wandered from the wreckage—confused, bleeding, and slipping into the fog of early-onset dementia—Maya makes a decision that will change her forever. She goes after her. What Maya doesn’t know is ...

"Roots of America: Three Centuries, One Tree" - Book Description For Maximum Organic Sales From the ancient oak that has witnessed it all comes an unforgettable American epic spanning three centuries of love, loss, and the unbreakable bonds that make us family. In 1681, a Jumano boy named Aiyana plants a promise beneath a mighty oak tree in the Texas wilderness. Three hundred and twenty years later, that same tree shelters the descendants of Spanish colonists, Mexican ranchers, and American dreamers—families who learned that survival means bending without breaking, that home is something ...

AN IMAGINATIVE JOURNEY INTO THE GOSPELS ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "This novel made the Gospels come alive for me in ways I never expected." ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "Beautifully written, theologically sound, and deeply moving." ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "Sent me straight back to my Bible to read the real accounts with fresh eyes." A HUMBLE ATTEMPT TO IMAGINE JESUS'S PERSPECTIVE This is not Scripture. Only the Bible is the Word of God. But what if you could walk through the Gospel accounts from a new perspective? What if a gifted novelist attempted to imagine what Jesus might have been thinking and feeling during the ...

Anna’s Song Faith, Music, and the Quiet Between Applause By William Ferrier Jr. When rising country artist Lila Delaney stepped onto the Grand Ole Opry stage, she thought she’d finally found her dream. But one promise — whispered in a hospital room by a child with more faith than fear — would turn her music into a mission. Now, as fame and faith collide, Lila creates Sing It Forward Live, a movement that lets fans dedicate songs to the ones they love and raises hope for kids fighting cancer. From small-town stages to sold-out arenas, her message spreads like wildfire — until a ...

Verdict of Silent Water is an electrifying legal thriller where buried secrets refuse to stay submerged. When legendary federal prosecutor Tom Alden is lured out of retirement, it isn’t for prestige or politics—it’s to defend Caleb Mercer, the decorated war hero who once saved his life. Caleb stands accused of a brutal murder, and every shred of evidence screams guilty. But as Tom peels back the case, he uncovers a multi-million-dollar corruption scheme, a hired killer, and a conspiracy that reaches the halls of Congress. The deeper Tom digs, the closer he comes to a night forty years...

If Mercy Had a Sound: A Love Story Forged in Faith and Found in Song He lost his faith when the music stopped. She helped him hear grace again. When country singer Cole Matthews buried his wife, he buried his voice too. Once a rising star with a platinum record and a sold-out tour, he’s now a man hiding behind silence and guilt. But when a small-town children’s hospital invites him to sing for their livestream, one song changes everything. Standing beside him is Lila, a worship leader with a quiet strength and a voice that feels like healing. Together they write “If Mercy Had a Sound...

Seven men vanished from Spain’s first over-land march into California. This is the story the diaries erased—and the gold that doomed them. 1769. Governor Gaspar de Portolá leads soldiers, missionaries, and ships toward the mythical ports of San Diego and Monterey. Scurvy hollows the ranks, rations rot, and earthquakes rattle the coast. Deep in the fog-shrouded redwoods, five soldados de cuera and two Native scouts discover river sand that glitters with raw gold. Bound by desperation, they desert under cover of night, vowing to survive the wilderness and return for the mother lode. ...

He had the dream. He had the voice. Then one night, he lost everything. At sixteen, Colton Reeves wasn’t chasing fame — just love. But when tragedy strikes on a dark Tennessee road, his voice becomes the only thing he has left. From dusty county fairs to Nashville stages, Colton searches for meaning in the spotlight, trying to outrun the silence that haunts him. Then Mae Parker walks into his life — a songwriter with a soul full of truth and a song that could heal them both. Together, they’ll learn that real faith isn’t found on stage… it’s found in the quiet places where love...

In 1942, two men turned paperwork into the most powerful weapon against the Holocaust. Colonel José Arturo Castellanos never intended to become a hero. As El Salvador's consul in Geneva, he was supposed to process routine diplomatic business—not forge thousands of documents to save Jewish refugees from Nazi death camps. But when desperate families began appearing at his door, Castellanos faced an impossible choice: follow orders and watch innocents die, or risk everything to fight evil with nothing more than ink and official seals. Based on the incredible true story that Hollywood has ...

Ruby’s Prosecutor thrusts you inside the courtroom no camera ever captured—and into the conscience of the man who tried the most infamous killer on live television. Dallas, March 1964. Assistant District Attorney Jim Bowie stands a heartbeat from the nation’s rawest wound, determined to prove that nightclub owner Jack Ruby murdered Lee Harvey Oswald with cold intent. Every fact you remember from the headlines is here—captured shells, time-stamped Western Union slip, KRLD film flashing its muzzle-bloom frame by frame. So are the moments the public never saw: late-night strategy ...

Divorce is more than an ending — it is a kind of grief. The loss is not only of a partner, but of identity, home, stability, and the story you thought would last forever. Broken, Yet Whole: A Guide to Divorce Recovery is a compassionate, grief-informed roadmap for navigating that loss and rediscovering life on the other side. Drawing on years of research into grief and resilience, as well as the lived voices of those who have walked this road, William Ferrier Jr. offers both comfort and practical tools for rebuilding. Through vivid stories, evidence-based insights, and step-by-step ...

Twelve-year-old Charlie thinks his class trip to Jack London State Park will be nothing but dusty barns and boring lectures—until a mysterious storm whisks him back in time over a hundred years. Stranded in the early 1900s, Charlie wakes up face-to-face with legendary writer and adventurer Jack London himself. Now stuck on a working ranch with no way home, Charlie must adapt to a world without phones, cars, or comfort—and discover the grit, passion, and vision of a man who dared to live on the edge of wilderness and imagination. But as another strange storm brews on the horizon, Charlie...

She was sold into sexual slavery at age seven. By thirty-five, she commanded 80,000 pirates and negotiated with empires as an equal. In 1801, Shi Yang was property—a flower boat prostitute in Canton with no future and no hope. By 1810, she was Zheng Yi Sao, the Pirate Queen, commander of the largest criminal fleet in history. This is the true story of how one woman transformed herself from victim to victor, building an empire on the South China Sea that neither the Chinese government nor European powers could destroy. Starting with nothing but intelligence and ruthless pragmatism, Shi ...

The President's Doctor: The Untold Story of America's First Black Presidential Physician What if the most important medical case in American history was treated by a doctor the country tried to forget? In 1881, when an assassin's bullet struck President James A. Garfield at a Washington D.C. railroad station, one man stepped forward to save the leader of the free world. Dr. Charles Burleigh Purvis—the only Black physician in the room—would spend the next 80 days fighting not just for the President's life, but for his own place in American history. This is the extraordinary true story ...

Blood & Adobe: The Untold Story of the Pico Dynasty and the Making of California From frontier soldiers on the 1775 Anza trail to the neon rush of modern L.A., Blood & Adobe follows the meteoric rise—and courtroom collapse—of the Pico family, the last Mexican rulers of California. Governor Pío Pico, fearless general Andrés, and their multiracial clan built a cattle empire the size of Delaware, outmaneuvered the Bear Flag revolt, and briefly turned Los Angeles into their personal capital. Then drought, U.S. land courts, and ruthless financiers stripped it all away. Part epic biography,...

Lost in the Valley of the Oregon Trail What if a history assignment could change your life forever? Twelve-year-old Matthew never cared much about dusty textbooks or wagon-train pioneers. But when a school field trip takes an unexpected turn, he finds himself thrust into the middle of 1840s America—where survival is real, choices matter, and the Oregon Trail stretches farther than he ever imagined. Caught between two worlds, Matthew must learn to adapt quickly: crossing rivers, braving storms, and discovering courage he never knew he had. Along the way, he forges bonds with settlers whose...

Before dawn on May 13, 1862, Robert Smalls made a choice: steal a Confederate warship or die trying. He was twenty-three years old. Enslaved. A ship's pilot who'd memorized every signal, every channel, every gun placement in Charleston Harbor. That night, he put on a stolen captain's hat, loaded his family and crew aboard the CSS Planter, and sailed past Fort Sumter's cannons in the darkness. If the Confederate sentries saw through his disguise, sixteen people would die—including his wife and children. They didn't. He delivered the ship to the Union Navy, became an instant hero, and met ...

Mae’s Story: Little Sister’s Prayer Faith, Music, and the Quiet Between Applause By William Ferrier Jr. She didn’t chase fame—she chased the truth. And the world stopped to listen. When Nashville singer-songwriter Mae Parker steps onto the Grand Ole Opry stage with nothing but her guitar and a prayer for her fallen brother, she doesn’t expect the silence that follows—or the standing ovation that comes after it. Her song, “Little Sister’s Prayer,” sweeps across the country like a revival, touching hearts far beyond the stage lights. But fame has a price. And when the noise ...