The Kindled Image: 3

What if remembering God made you a target? Lucas remembers a world that never existed-and that memory becomes dangerous when it spreads.Lucas and his friends have escaped. Taken in by refugees living at the marsh's edge, Lucas begins to teach the gospel-from Creation to the Cross-not as doctrine, but as living stories that change how people act. Grace replaces barter. Shared meals replace hoarded rations. Baptism becomes both sacrament and evidence.But visibility invites bureaucracy. A drone files "assembly activity." Baptisms leave wet footprints and witness names. The Republic's paperwork becomes a clock. To protect what they've built, the camp must scatter-two by two, like seeds-so the story itself can survive.The Kindled Image asks: when mercy becomes documented, what do you risk to keep it alive? This book blends moral urgency with character¿driven suspense, perfect for readers who like speculative YA with spiritual and ethical stakes.