The Salvation of Samuel
Upmarket fiction for Adults with supernatural elements
Everyone faces death at some point but it’s how you deal with it that matters. Or don’t.
Jan Kerrie is an ER doctor and coming into work one morning, her first patients are a mother and a baby who jumped out of the window of a burning building. The mother survives but not the baby. It’s a somber moment and as everyone is focused on the baby, a drifter slips into the trauma room and brings it back to life.
Only offering a first name of Samuel, Jan’s ata loss. She’s convinced it has to be some kind of trick on the hospital and she ends up joining forces with a disillusioned priest and her neighbor to try to figure out Samuel’s game. A tabloid reporter gets involved trying to expose Samuel too.
Jan knows the limits of science and medicine and there’s absolutely no way Samuel can do what she witnessed, but as he performs more “miracles” Jan’s confidence drains. Samuel seems bent on helping everyone he encounters, even Jan and the priest, Arthur, except Jan discovers Samuel has a secret of his own.
The Salvation of Samuel is complete, beta read and edited. It’s ready for submission and could have series potential.