After Hell

Dedication

For Namanda Gaita,

You were beside me for a lot of the nights this book was written, and you never once asked me to be less than I am.

This is a story about a man who needed someone to be patient with him. I know how lucky I am to have someone who is patient with me.

Thank you for believing there was a book in me before I did.

With love,
Steven

AFTER HELL

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This is a work of fiction. The characters, events, churches, businesses, and organisations in this book are products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously. Real towns and rivers appear only as settings; every person, incident, and institution described in them is invented, and any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, or to actual events is entirely coincidental.

Scripture quotations are taken from the King James Version of the Holy Bible, which is in the public domain.