Blood Moon

"'Waiting. Alone in the dark. Thinking. Praying. Preparing. Waiting. I was waiting for a call--the single most important call of my life. Earlier in the night I had arrived home to find Anna gone. Not just gone. Taken.' With these opening lines, Michael Lister riveted my attention as he takes the reader through the mental process of someone who lives the 'Serenity Prayer: God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change--the courage to change the things I can--And the wisdom to know the difference.' John Jordan is a prison chaplain in a small coastal community where townspeople and prison workers intertwine. Lister writes with elegance of plot with words that flow with a rhythm that couples with the action from a slow meditative dance to the crescendo of frenzied dance. Without giving away the plot line, I will say that John Jordan goes through a number of no-win moral decisions and pulls the reader through his process. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes well-written, fast-paced, character-driven stories. You will not be disappointed."--