Personal turmoil amid horrific conflict-these are the elements of a career-making headline. . . and a journey toward healing. On assignment in Darfur, journalist Julia Keegan is determined to open the eyes of average Americans to the atrocities taking place there - and to distance herself from the dark shadow cast by her father, a man she's never really known. So when Joel Maartens, her father's young lawyer, shows up in Sudan, Julia is completely unprepared to respond. She has steeled herself against the horrors of genocide, but she isn't prepared to face her own past. As Joel's and Julia's lives are redefined by the injustice and violence around them, both are forced to face truths they would rather leave concealed. Fighting for justice is no easy task, but learning to forgive in the face of hatred may be the resolution that Joel and Julia both desperately need. Van Roekel weaves a poignant account of the atrocities and injustice in Sudan. May her story move Christians to prayer and action.