Etched

<p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>A flash of freak-storm lightning energizes a Crystal which</span><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> allows Ava Pemberton to connect online with an unnamed prophet in ancient times.</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> She calls him Vineman. Ava helps Vineman heal from a life threatening injury as he adjusts to living in a cave in hiding from his people. </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>He helps her see new perspectives</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> concerning God and other issues that threaten Ava's peace. These include </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>tension between her and her mother concerning family values an excess of parental control in her life and a best friend who comes out as lesbian</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> and ostracizes Ava afterwards. As Ava is struggling with these issues she turns to new friends and </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>experiments with dishonesty and drinking.</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> We also learn about her secret love interest. </span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Meanwhile Vineman listens to Ava's concerns guiding her to l</span><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>ook to God for answers. </strong><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>He does this even as </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>he is learning how to live secreted in a stark cave</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> with a water source but very little food or physical comforts. He eventually makes a friend who brings him supplies and provides a way for him to go out of his cave at night and see what his people are up to. He finds them amassing armies for a great battle which threatens to destroy the entire civilization. What he knows could save them yet they won't listen. </span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>At Vineman's encouragement Ava slowly attempts to make changes in her relationship with her mother. Then Vineman's whereabouts are discovered. His life is in danger. And the crystal disappears. How will Ava deal with this new challenge? </span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Etched - Ava's Battle introduces</span><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)> the reality and humanity of an ancient prophet.</strong><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)> Through a little bit of magic we see into the life of a </span><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>modern youth struggling to unearth her core beliefs. </strong><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>It is the first in </span><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>a series that will highlight scriptural prophets and show how their teachings are relevant and healing</strong><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)> for issues we face right now today. </span></p>