Empty Hands: How One Foster Child Sacrificed Everything He Knew for Life, Liberty, and Happiness

As a child, Roy Hughes made an excruciating decision to give up all he had to protect the people he loved most: his siblings. Born into a world of poverty, addiction, and violence, Roy learned early to survive with little else but instinct, determination, and faith. So, when the adults around him were too broken or exhausted to intervene on his behalf, he did the unthinkable by acting for them.

What followed was a journey through foster homes, courtrooms, and the quiet heroism of those who c...