Book excerpt: Roe, Culpatus is the home to 17 year old, Alexander Malcolm. An only child to a lackadaisical mother and a workaholic father, who works for the Culpatus government, The Dynasty. Unbeknownst to Alex, and the rest of the citizens in Culpatus, The Dynasty keeps them under close surveillance in case Christians are found within their borders. Alex, who is an easy going teenager coasting through life, is one day faced with something peculiar. Someone peculiar. A strange girl with an even stranger family. When Alex finds out that they are Christians, he becomes deeply interested in their way of life. Alex is forever changed when he is welcomed into a love he had never experienced before. Book One of the three part series.