The Reliant

By Patrick Johnston

Description:

When the dollar collapses, widespread rioting and looting threaten the peace of a family in Zanesville, Ohio. Eight children tragically lose their parents in the chaos. The oldest, 19-year-old lovesick Sophie, is forced to care for her defenseless and hungry siblings in a stretch of woods surrounded by lawless anarchy. Their father has been killed, and their mother and Adam, Sophie’s fiancé, have gone missing. Running out of food and facing threats from encroaching marauders, they are tempted to doubt God’s love. When Sophie discovers her fiancé has resorted to looting to survive, she cannot bring herself to forgive him, however hard he tries to make amends. Must he sacrifice everything to win her back? When they capture a thief, they learn the attack on their home was no random act of violence. Torn between justice and mercy, with their allies turning against them, their faith is heated in the fire. Will God answer their prayers and deliver them, or must their faith remain blind to facts?

Book Takeaway:

God is trustworthy in the darkest of times, and His ways are always best even when it seems - no, especially when it seems otherwise.

Why the author wrote this book:

When I couldn't find investors for an early edition of my screenplay The Reliant, I novelized it. That improved the story, which then caused me to go back to the drawing board to improve the screenplay. Then I found my first $50K investor and within the year had produced and filmed a $1.2 million dollar movie The Reliant