When
a condemned man with nothing to lose meets one with nothing to gain,
everyone washed by the endless ripples of that encounter will forever
recall the day a little bit of heaven invaded a whole lot of hell.
Brady Wayne Darby and Thomas Carey could hardly have been more
disparate individuals. Yet when Darby, a no-account loser raised in a
dingy suburban trailer park, encounters Carey, a weary man of God, an
entire--state indeed, a nation--is affected. Embark on a wondrous
journey where death, guilt, and despair are unfathomably trumped by
rebirth, forgiveness, and hope.
Author Jerry Jenkins says: "This is the novel I have always wanted to write.
I determine whether a fiction idea has merit by how long it stays with
me. Does it rattle in my brain, and do I find myself telling it to my
wife and other confidants? Is it the type of a tale that will draw me
back to the keyboard every day? Two-thirds of my published books have
been novels, and only three have had that effect on me. I give my all
to every one, but special joy and anticipation attend those that
genuinely feel like the best ideas. Riven is my fourth such
labor of love. The two main characters have remained in my memory since
high school 40 years ago. The story idea is perhaps 20 years old. And
those mystical, interweaving elements I hope make it all work have been
tugging at me for more than a decade. If a novelist has a life's work, this is mine. I hope in the end you agree and that Riven stays with you long after the final page." -- Publisher
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