rebecca l. scaglione

Jack fled from California at the age of nineteen, away from a forgotten past and an abusive stepfather, and committed small crimes across the country in order to survive. His journey led him to Caldwell Creek where he was the only witness to a terrifying accident when twelve-year-old Nicci Styler fell into an abandoned well. Jack stopped running from the demon in his past long enough to save her life. But he soon found himself thrust in the middle of another young girls struggle to survive. Nicci's best friend, Rachel, is battling leukemia, and Jack is the bone marrow match that could keep her alive.

In a series of riveting twists and turns, Jack uncovers the shocking truths about his past while his sinister stepfather plots against him to destroy the friendships and the new life he worked so hard to build in Caldwell Creek.

Jack is the powerful conclusion of the inspirational story of friendship and God's will in the lives of three young people, which began at The Well, continued along Rachel's Journey, and ended where it all began, in the quiet town of Caldwell Creek where nothing exciting ever happens.