Author Description

A one-hundred year old man......walks on air...breathes under water...controls weather...raises men from the dead An 18th century story... with images of an ancient past At fourteen years old, living in a small, one room walk-up in Burlington, Vermont, Jay fi nds himself suddenly cast into an abyss of fear, loneliness and uncertainty by the unexpected death of his father. The year was 1800. Jay's father was a chronic alcoholic and Jay's mother had abandoned the two of them when he was only two years old. Life with his father is all Jay had ever known... and now that life has been shattered This is a story of rescue, healing and destiny. Rescue and healing through the uncompromising love of Jay's Aunt Sharron... and the unfolding of a destiny long ago written in the script of eternity as Jay is mystically led to the very doorsteps of a nearly one-hundred year old man named Keeper. Indeed, THIS IS THE STORY OF KEEPER... but within it... is the revealing of Jay. Author Bio The author, now sixty years old, converted to Christianity at age twenty while living in Nuremberg, Germany. This, his first novel (after writing numerous plays and musical compositions), reflects the convictions, ideologies, and deep personal experiences that have shaped his own thoughts on what it means to be a Christian. His book, however, was not specifically written to be placed on the bookshelves of Christian literature; it was written to be read by all people, of all persuasions - and certainly, to stimulate critical thought. Tim Hurley and his wife, Rhonda, met in Hurlach, Germany in 1972 during the Munich Olympics. At the time, both worked with an international organization called Youth With A Mission (YWAM). They have lived in Wichita Falls, Texas, since 1981, where they raised their four children.