Lamb of God

***Lamb of God* won second prize in the 2003 Writer's Digest Self-Published Book Awards in a field of 370 entries from 12 countries.** *Guilt, murder, and Old Testament zeal seize three children during the turbulent days of World War II Detroit.* This World War II suspense drama explores how Michael Tether, age 12, copes with the guilt of being too weak to save his twin from murder by one of his parents. What's worse—he sees himself as not just a witness, but as an instrument of the murderer. He remains deeply traumatized by that death and the loss of his sister long into adulthood. Those losses shape Michael's life as he searches for redemption and forgiveness. Michael’s mother designated him to be the “general in her struggle against Satan.” He failed her, but her favoritism of Michael isolates him from his brother and sister. In spite of that isolation, he reveals his love for his siblings as he describes their last, wonderful summer together. *Lamb of God* spans a half century from The Depression to Michael's rescue on a Michigan farm after World War II, then finally to the dawn of healing of this ill-fated family. Dueweke illustrates the racial tension and vigor of a city reaching its finest hour as “The Arsenal of Democracy.” He blends Michael's war and the great war around him into a seamless struggle to survive.