The Weeper Returns

Gabriel Crossman spent years sitting with the dying. He knew how to help people let go.

Now someone needs him to do the opposite.

Marcus Rivera was a good teacher. A devoted father. A man who believed the system would protect his daughter. Then a school shooting took everything. The institutions he trusted revealed themselves as hollow promises wrapped in procedure.

Marcus isn't grieving. He's building a case. Every security failure documented. Every warning sign ignored. Every administrator who chose image over action. He knows exactly who failed his daughter. And he's planning to make sure they understand what that failure cost.

Gabriel can feel Marcus spiraling toward a choice that will destroy what's left of him. But how do you reach someone whose rage is fueled by meticulous research? Someone whose anger isn't irrational but justified?

Helping others doesn't heal your wounds. It deepens you. It teaches you to use your scars as maps for guiding others through similar darkness.

For readers who loved The Five People You Meet in Heaven, The Shack, and The Midnight Library.