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Joe Everlasting is a veteran living out a quiet, if not lonely, life on his secluded homestead in rural Colorado. Picking up a hitchhiker one wintry night leads to an unlikely friendship with Red, who stays with him and helps him survive the snow another year. If that weren’t enough of a sudden surprise, a woman from his youth comes back into his life, her car burning and dangling from a cliff, bloody and pregnant with her dead twin sister inside. Joe rescues this girl—Mareilene, or Mary for short—and takes her back to his house as she’s going into shock. What she reveals is that she is carrying twins from an immaculate conception, and Joe must protect her and marry her to bring about the new saviors, Christian and Hope Everlasting.
In an instant, Joe’s normal life is taken away, and he’s thrust onto the frontlines of the eternal war between good and evil, tasked with asserting his faith and prioritizing the protection of his new family. The looming threat of danger from the Prince of Darkness and his “men in black” give this small-town story a tension where any wrong move could give up Joe and Mary’s secret. Elements of the spiritual blend with modern sensibilities, creating a story with clear parallels to the birth of Christ, while also incorporating the danger, suspense, and action of a blockbuster movie. Joe has an everyman appeal combined with a softer, caring side that makes him an appealing protagonist to all readers and the kind of hero you want to root for, even when things look hopeless. With surprises in every chapter and the fate of existence in the balance, readers will want to see this story to its thrilling conclusion.