This Side of Salvation

David confronts his desires and his demons in this novel about what it means to be left behind-literally, figuratively, and spiritually-from the author of the Shade trilogy.

Everyone mourns differently. When his older brother was killed, David got angry. As in, fist-meets-someone-else's-face furious. But his parents? They got religious. David's still figuring out his relationship with a higher power, but there's one thing he knows for sure: The closer he gets to Bailey, the better, brighter,...