DAN GORDON

Let There Be Light

 
 

When Sol’s self-destructive habits end in a serious car crash, he wakes up to learn he was clinically dead for four minutes. Being dead isn’t what bothers him. It’s the voice. Five simple words that refuse to let him go: “Daddy, let there be light.”

 
 
 

Book Summary

Sol Harkens has it all. A new best seller, a gorgeous model girlfriend, immense success. He’s the Mohammad Ali of outspoken atheist celebrities. But not everything is perfect in Sol Harkens’ life. After losing his son to cancer he dedicated himself to denying God and parlayed his attacks on Christianity into a lucrative business. But Sol is empty inside. His party lifestyle has isolated him from his ex-wife, Katy, and their two sons. He resents their unrelenting faith and Katy’s prayers for his soul.

When Sol’s self-destructive habits end in a serious car crash, he wakes up to learn he was clinically dead for four minutes. Being dead isn’t what bothers him. It’s the voice. Five simple words that refuse to let him go: “Daddy, let there be light.”

 

About the Author

DAN GORDON

Dan Gordon is the screen writer of such movies as The Hurricane (Denzel Washington), Wyatt Earp (Kevin Costner), Murder in the First (Kevin Bacon and Gary Oldman), Passenger 57 (Wesley Snipes) and was the head writer on the Michael Landon Television series, Highway to Heaven. Let There Be Light’ is Gordon’s 17th feature length film, and ninth novel. He has five produced plays which have appeared Off and On Broadway and in the West End of London, including “Irena’s Vow” nominated for Best Broadway Play by the Outer Circle Critics’ Awards. He is also co-founder of the Zaki Gordon Cinematic Arts Center at Liberty University.

 

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