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Leaving Arrow Rock (Fiction, 2024)

Leaving Arrow Rock is a gripping exploration of addiction, redemption, and the often unseen struggles of those seeking a second chance. Roger "Wilks" Wilkins works with a program that helps clergy and religious leaders transition back into society after serving prison sentences. In 1988, he’s assigned to Joe Campbell, a former pastor just released from an eight-year stint at Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary.

Joe's new home, the Lighthouse—a halfway house and rehab facility—is his stepping stone to freedom. But adjusting to life outside proves more difficult than expected. As Wilks and Joe develop a tentative friendship, Wilks struggles to reconcile the man he sees with the past Joe left behind. When Joe hints at his possible innocence, everything shifts. Is the past behind him, or will it unravel the fragile hope he's built?

Through themes of grace, addiction, and the weight of past mistakes, Leaving Arrow Rock asks hard questions: Does society offer second chances? Can faith and forgiveness extend to those society deems irredeemable? In a world where grace is often conditional, Joe’s story forces us to confront the messy, complicated reality of what it means to be forgiven.

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