To Set a Prisoner Free: A Novel

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Metcalf, Lane W

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<p>She caught the scream before I erupted from her throat and struggled to squelch the panic threating to overwhelm her.  A raging fireball leapt skyward from where her home stood only seconds before.The car rocketed forward toward Bogotá, and she did exactly what her unidentified caller had urged-Lisa Montoya fled.Lives and dreams collide in this gripping story. A group of close friends, bound by tragedy, take a sailing vacation together unaware that they are being hunted by a vengeful murderer.A young mother in Bogotá flees for her life; hired gunmen pursue their targets, and the little resort island of Isla Mujeres in Mexico becomes deadly.Lane Metcalf continues the story of characters from his first novel, To Set a Prisoner Free, in this book two of the Liberer series. Masterfully blending a talent for storytelling, a passion for sailing, and a keen eye insight into spiritual struggles, Metcalf has created a riveting adventure with a powerful message: we must rely of God because we can't do it on our own.</p>

A Light for the Tower: Book 2 of the Liberer Series

<p>Driven by memories stirred by a broken piece of scrimshaw, Lanny searches for the woman he loves and for their son whom he has never seen. Past events leave his faith in God tattered and bruised. Brought to America as a thirteen-year-old indentured servant but raised as an adopted son by his master, he looks forward to a good life in his new country.His dreams are dashed when tragedies separate him from loved ones and take his adopted family. Evil men kill his plans for his future.His life becomes a search for survivors of those tragedies, and especially for the girl who had given him half of a sailor's broken scrimshaw when they were children. Years of failures and disappointments strain his faith in God and in himself. He fears he will be without family forever, and worse, that he will never reconcile with God.After a severe injury, he finds himself in the care of a newspaper woman and her Cherokee friend. Sensing a news-worthy story, the two women persist in querying him about his past. They, and he, find more than anyone ever expected.Lane Metcalf is the author of three novels. An avid sailor, he often incorporates the thrills and dangers of sailing on the high seas in his stories. His characters grip us as they live out or conflict with Christian principles in his fictional settings.</p>

Broken Scrimshaw: One man's search for God and family

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