The Elisha Bone

A young boy with a severe stutter is abandoned to a remote reform school in the Mojave Desert. There, he finds himself the unwitting guardian of an ancient religious relic, capable of extraordinary powers. As Charlie learns to wield those powers, he is confronted by ancient mysterious forces battling one another for possession of the relic for their own nefarious purposes. Embroiled in a life-and-death struggle, Charlie manages to free his classmates and defeat the evil which seeks to control him, But...becoming the Guardian of the Elisha Bone comes with a cost. As he matures into adulthood, he finds holding the bone forces him to navigate agonizing lessons in forgiveness, betrayal, and karma. In the end, Charlie must travel across the ocean to ancient Israel to discover the origin of the relic and the secrets its predecessor left behind, secrets which would cost him dearly...