Light from Distant Stars: A Novel
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Endorsements

Praise for The Edge of Over There

The Edge of Over There is a mesmerizing, menacing fantasy. Shawn Smucker fuses New Orleans lore, Christian themes, and dystopian landscapes in a thorough exploration of love and its unintended results.”

Foreword Reviews

“Blending biblical elements and urban myths, Smucker creates an enthralling story of supernatural battles between the forces of good and evil.”

Publishers Weekly

Praise for The Day the Angels Fell

“Neil Gaiman meets Madeleine L’Engle. I read it in two days!”

Anne Bogel, Modern Mrs. Darcy

“Shawn Smucker enchants with a deftly woven tale of mystery and magic that will leave you not only spellbound but wanting more.”

Billy Coffey, author of There Will Be Stars

“The otherworldly and the mundane collide in Shawn Smucker’s The Day the Angels Fell, a humanizing tale of cosmic proportions.”

Foreword Reviews

“Unique, supernatural, and a twist on a tale we have all heard!”

WriteReadLife.com

The Day the Angels Fell has a nostalgic feel that reminded me of Ray Bradbury’s works.”

Ashlee Cowles, author of Beneath Wandering Stars and Below Northern Lights

“Visionary.”

Family Fiction

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Other Books by Shawn Smucker

The Day the Angels Fell

The Edge of Over There

Once We Were Strangers

Title Page

Copyright Page

© 2019 by Shawn Smucker

Published by Revell

a division of Baker Publishing Group

PO Box 6287, Grand Rapids, MI 49516-6287

www.revellbooks.com

Ebook edition created 2019

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means—for example, electronic, photocopy, recording—without the prior written permission of the publisher. The only exception is brief quotations in printed reviews.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is on file at the Library of Congress, Washington, DC.

ISBN 978-1-4934-1773-5

Most Scripture used in this book, whether quoted or paraphrased by the characters, is taken from the King James Version of the Bible.

Some Scripture quotations are from the Holy Bible, New International Version®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.™ Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved worldwide. www.zondervan.com. The “NIV” and “New International Version” are trademarks registered in the United States Patent and Trademark Office by Biblica, Inc.™

This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is coincidental.

Dedication

For Linda
(1968–2016)

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Cover

Endorsements

Half Title Page

Other Books by Shawn Smucker

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Epigraph

Part One: Monday, March 16, 2015

1. The Body

2. The Preacher

3. The Sycamore

4. The Teacher

5. The Phone Call

6. The Old House

7. The Detective

8. The Bloody Nose

9. The Trocar

10. The Sock

11. The Question

12. ...

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About Light from Distant Stars: A Novel

When Cohen Marah steps over his father's body in the basement embalming room of the family's funeral home, he has no idea that he is stepping into a labyrinth of memory. As the last one to see his father, Cohen is the primary suspect.

Over the next week, Cohen's childhood memories come back in living color. The dramatic events that led to his father being asked to leave his pastoral position. The game of baseball that somehow kept them together. And the two children in the forest who became his friends--and enlisted him in a dark and dangerous undertaking. As the lines blur between what was real and what was imaginary, Cohen is faced with the question he's been avoiding: Did he kill his father?

In Light from Distant Stars, master story weaver Shawn Smucker relays a tale both eerie and enchanting, one that will have you questioning reality and reaching out for what is true, good, and genuine.

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