"A family saga of pain and reconciliation set behind the closed doors of an Amish community. Spanning three generations, the story follows the life of Will McGruder, who having fled as a young man, seeks to heal the past by bringing his new family to meet his Amish relatives"--Provided by publisher.

Poignant and thought provoking, this is a down-to-earth, sometimes humorous novel &supl;lled with suspense, action, redemption, and even romance. Seventeen-year-old Jeremy Prine decides to honor his mother's dying wish and seek out his estranged uncle who was badly burned in the accident that killed Jeremy's father. He &supl;nds the man working as a hard-rock miner in the south, an extremely dangerous occupation. His uncle seems a bitter and lonely...

Ravaged by disease, preyed upon by ruthless bandits, the Bender family's second year in Mexico has taken a grievous turn. Faced with impossible choices, the expatriate Amish truly discover what it means to live by faith and not by sight. But it's Miriam who must make the hardest choice of all. Domingo. The chiseled native has proven himself a man of principle, grace, and power. Yet is he the pearl of great price for which Miriam would sacrifice everything?...

Seventeen-year-old Jeremy Prine's father was killed in a mining accident when Jeremy was only a child. Now his mother has passed away, leaving him with an odd request. Jeremy is to find his father's brother Aiden, a hardrock miner, and stay with him, regardless of Aiden's wishes. So Jeremy joins the ranks, doing physical labor with rough, complex miners. He must trust in God to give him the courage to find the humanity behind these tough-as-steel...