The Mercy Seat

<p><strong><em>Hells Canyon is a neighborhood in Richland Tennessee where tourists never venture and locals fear to tread.</em></strong> Maxwell Crane former Marine chaplain and pastor of The Mercy Seat church struggles to provide a beacon of hope.</p><p><br></p><p>But others have their eyes set on Hells Canyon: power elites robber barons and street gangs seek their own gain at the cost of the beleaguered urban neighborhood. For the people who live there it's been a fight to exist their whole lives and that fight is getting harder.</p><p><br></p><p>Maxwell doesn't have to stay in Hells Canyon. He and his family could leave to live a comfortable middle-class existence. Instead Maxwell chooses to risk his life-and the lives of those around him-to stand against the oppressors.</p><p>But what happens when this pastor crosses a line taking justice into his own hands? Will his family his community and his God ever forgive him? Will he ever forgive himself?</p><p> </p>