Troubled by hellish dreams, Michael Rivers fights to overcome his visions by keeping a diary and staying awake with coffee. But his nightmares can only be dispelled by facing the mesmerizing preacher who terrorized his childhood.

The psychologist treating Michael, Veronica McCord, is an atheist fighting for custody of her son, while her ex-husband, a Federal judge in Phoenix, has begun taking their child to the same preacher affecting Michael.

Now Michael and Veronica both have a reason to confront this controlling televangelist, but the twists will be even more surprising than they imagined. Confronting the rich Reverend Stillman at his beach house during a hurricane party in Miami, they will both certainly learn the truth over coffee cake, but with the freak hurricane clocking record windsand a tidal wave comingonly one of them will survive to tell it.

Jonathan Lowe has been published widely in magazines and has won awards for fiction and drama. His first novel, Postmarked for Death, was endorsed by Clive Cussler, who called it "a class performance, powerful and accomplished. . . mystery at its best." A bachelor, he lives in Tucson.

Barrett Whitener has recorded audiobooks since 1992. His recordings have won several awards, including the Audio Publishers Association's Audie and four Earphones Awards. AudioFile cited him as among "the best voices of the century." He lives in Washington, D.C.