For as long as he could remember, the most prevalent thing on Michael’s mind had been escape—escape from the pain, escape from the man who inflicted it, and escape from the hopelessness of his dusty Nevada home. To Michael, Utah seems like the perfect place to begin a new life. But after years of molding himself into the man his father never thought he could be, Michael must numb himself to pain once again as he lays broken and bleeding in the red desert sand. Will he ever see his loving wife Laura again—or the child they have come to love as their own? This stunning page-turner, set against a backdrop of richly developed characters, confirms that miracles do happen—but not always in the way we expect.