Book Synopsis
CAST THE FIRST STONE
Vol. II Red Lake Series
Mason Forks is a sleepy village north of Red Lake. When the New Life Redemption Church’s bus kills the town drunk’s wife and daughter, he sues the church. But justice is an uneven thing and Robert Goodman loses. Seeking revenge he takes the congregation hostage.
In a scene reminiscent of "Dog Day Afternoon" meets "The Apostle" he asks, “Are twenty who will die so the others may live. Fifteen? Ten? Five are willing. Six year old Ruthie Haskell who wants to see her daddy who died driving the bus, Desmond Jones, the mildly retarded church janitor, Elijah James, an old man everyone ignored, and the Daniels, a young couple who planned to be missionaries.
Before the evening is out lives are irrevocably altered. How do people react when their deepest beliefs are tested and they miserably fail? How does one overcome cowardice?
This is a story of people who commit sins of omission and ones of commission. It is the journey of some who lose their fa