Joseph Winters lived most of his adult life as a God-fearing Christian man. Now it was time for him to meet his maker, and things are not exactly as he had assumed they might be Near the Beginning is a Christian fantasy that is well grounded in biblical truth.

"The Sins of Others" is a fast-moving story of one man's attempt to return to home, family, and God. The main character, Antonio Mara, returns to his home town in eastern Ohio to rebuild his boyhood home... or so he thought He ends up facing all that is wrong in his life, the hurt that others have inflicted upon him over the years, and ultimately his own failing before God.