Pat Patterson
Dr. Mike Peabody has always conquered life on his own terms. A battle-forged Marine, a razor-sharp ER physician, and a relentless MMA warrior, he’s defined himself by discipline, dominance, and denial of anything he can’t control-including God. But when he encounters the Shroud of Turin-an ancient relic steeped in mystery and believed by many to be burial cloth of Jesus-everything begins to unravel. What starts as mere curiosity turns existential after a near-death experience propels him into the dust and fire of first-century Jerusalem. There, Mike witnesses the crucifixion. The stone rolled away. The linen that once held the body of a man who claimed to be God.Mike’s unshakable worldview begins to crack, and when he returns to find a different world than the one he left behind he realizes the effect one person can have on the future of mankind. Burdened with new divine awareness he learns to trust in God, but he is still plagued by one impossible question: Was it real? Or was it a dream?Mike is about to learn that his journey has just begun, because this time it isn’t a fight for survival in the ring of life, it’s a fight for his soul.
