Days of Little Texas

Known to the faithful as Little Texas, Ronald Earl King has been preaching on the revival circuit since he was ten. He's now sixteen, and his adoring followers still roar and praise his name. So why is he plagued with dreams that are shaking his faith to its core?

When a nearly lifeless girl in a blue dress is brought before him, Little Texas lays his hands upon her just as he has done in countless other healings. But he knows that something is not right. This one is different. More small towns, more revivals--and time after time, a flash of blue in the crowd. The same girl. Is she just another of the grateful and devoted? Or is she something else? Is she following Little Texas . . . or haunting him?

R. A. Nelson made his literary debut with the “terrifying [and] poetic” Teach Me, followed by the “incandescent” Breathe My Name (both quotes from Kirkus Reviews). He and his family live in north Alabama. Visit him on the Web at ranelson1.com.