The Storm Within

Résumé du livre

At rock bottom, Jake McGuire has a spiritual experience.Jake hears God's voice.Jake wants to find a way out of his vicious cycle, especially now that he has a young family.Later sober, scarred and searching for new purpose, Jake meets a long-time friend, Patrick Callaghan, an Academy Award winning actor, over a July weekend in 2013. Patrick is in Key West to attend the Hemingway Days Festival, to which Patrick has submitted a story.Jake will need Patrick's help to mentor him again as Patrick did when they were younger. While In Key West, Patrick counsels Jake, and in doing so, inspires Jake to make a spiritual change. Jake accounts for what he has done and then in turn for what was done to him."Sail on. Picture us in your sailboat. Out on the open water. You tend to the sails. I am behind you, guiding the wheel of the boat."Once Jake discovers the act of forgiveness, Jake discovers peace. And, a "piece", that Jake had been searching most of his life. In that moment, Jake finds new purpose.The Storm Within is a story of hope and mercy through the healing power of forgiveness and the eternal love of family. The Storm Within also specifically seeks to engage any reader, who is both a survivor and a victim; as this story seeks to empower those readers through their own Storm Within, in finding personal peace again. Or in the case of some, for the first time.