As Joseph sits alone on a rock at the top of a mountain in Virginia, he struggles with some of life's most difficult questions. Who am I? Where did I come from? What lies ahead? Could life be so fickle? Would death really be so bad? During his darkest hour, Joseph asks for guidance. He blurts out, "Lord, have mercy on me. Show me what I need to know. Protect me and guide me."

He feels in his heart that today is a new beginning as his prayer is answered. Joseph meets someone who shows him there is a way to live life and there is a reason for existence. A novel of religious fiction, "There...