What sets apart "The Novelist" is its unique dual-story perspective - a novel inside a novel. Jordan Casey Kerriganś twenty spy novels have sold millions. But when a student in her community college fiction class challenges her to try writing something different, something more personal, she surprises herself by doing just that. The two stories - that of her own troubled son, Jordan, and her classroom novel, "The Ambassador" - unfold together in an exploration of fiction and faith, creation and the Creator, Godś sovereignty and manś free will. Hunt offers a personal glimpse into the struggles and stigmas faced by families dealing with a deeply troubled teen or young adult. The book touches emotions deep in the marrow of parents who think they've done everything right in raising their children, but one goes terribly wayward.