The Cain Connection

<p>No one knew where he was...how would they ever find him?</p><p></p><p>While witnessing a heinous crime at a recreational park twelve-year-old Joshua Benton is spotted by the perpetrator and is later pursued and abducted by the man who takes him to a secluded house in the low hills outside of town. There he is held prisoner by the man-reclusive novelist Joseph Cain-who plans to eventually kill him as suggested by his latest manuscript.</p><p>Joshua's captor is not only a popular best-selling author; he also composes real-life stories of a different darker variety about which the public is unaware. But <em>Joshua</em> knows. Through bitter personal experience he has discovered where the material for these cryptic books comes from.</p><p></p><p>Searching for him is County Sheriff Eric Turner who investigates the crime at the park and is able to ascertain that the youth's disappearance is linked to the murder. With little evidence to go on he struggles to solve the murder while dealing with his failure to solve a similar crime committed two years earlier. Eric knows if he can find the murderer he will find the boy. Will he fail again or can he find the killer in time to rescue Joshua? And if he does will he find him alive?</p><p></p><p>Little does the sheriff-or anyone-know that survival is solely up to Joshua Benton; that his rescue depends on his inventiveness and ingenuity. Not only must the youngster cope with his impending mortality at the hands of the demented writer he must do so while enduring psychological and physical tortures that test his courage his endurance and his ability to believe in hope.</p><p></p>