Diamond Palacios

Britton Donovan feels like he’s drowning. Rendered mute from a poisonous immunization as a child, he lives in a wordless prison with glimpses into the dark beings of the spiritual plane. But when he recognizes a new therapist from the world before birth, he’s desperate to make a connection.

The young orphaned boy was abandoned and raised in an Ethiopian monastery. He has never seen outside its walls - at least, not the way most people see. Now he must flee those walls or die. But the world is hardly ready for a boy like Caleb. When relief expert Jason Marker agrees to take Caleb from the monastery, he unwittingly opens humanity's doors to an incredible journey filled with intrigue and peril.

The Atonement Child explores the devastating consequences of rape and resulting pregnancy on innocent victims, their families, and their faith.