Book excerpt: Growing up, author Justice Cannon lived with the principles: No struggle, no strength and only the strong survive. In Prepare for the Flood, she shares the dramatic details of her life, including a turbulent childhood and how she remained steadfast and strong and survived. This memoir tells how Cannons grandmother, suffering from cancer, played an important role in her young world, instilling the importance of prayer in her life. But after her grandmothers death, Cannon faced many challenges, such as being raised by a single mother who drank and smoked marijuana and how she dealt with the estrangement after her mom was sent to prison for murder. Prepare for the Flood offers a collection of stories giving insight into one womans world that included being preyed upon by a pedophile as child. It narrates how she witnessed friends turning into enemies and family killed by family. But it also presents a testimony of the power of God and following his purpose for ones life.