Shenanigan Free Press

The name tag is blank on purpose. Before dawn, Shiloh Malachi writes a small word on it—JANITOR, GROUNDSKEEPER, SUBSTITUTE—and walks into the room where someone is still awake. A nurse fighting a custody hearing after a double shift. A soldier who has not unpacked the duffel in eleven months. A teenage hacker about to flood a neighborhood to avenge his sister’s lungs. A widow angry at the grass. A doctor who signed a footnote that became a funeral. He does not preach. He listens. He plays a guitar because it pleases His Father. Then he leaves the next step in the only hands that can take it. It’s a cycle of 33 stories that moves from hospital closet to cemetery oak, from computer lab to loading dock, from a child’s ward to the office of a president who deletes the lullaby. The question in the title is never answered with a vision. It is answered the way the book itself works: one true thing, done without an audience. For judges: this is faith fiction that refuses spectacle. The theolog...

From the first few pages, it becomes evident that Concealed is more than an average post-apocalyptic novel. Combining the genres of sci-fi, mystery, suspense, and faith in the story that constantly asks questions and uncovers a greater context, Concealed turns into a profound reflection on hope, sacrifice, love, and redemption.  One of the main aspects of the book that made it memorable and impressive is the atmosphere created by the author. There is something mysterious about the world in the novel that keeps us interested. I really wanted to learn more about what has happened to the world, how the convergence points work and where everything is going to lead us. The world-building is impressive, the world is full of imagination and details, yet it does not steal attention from the characters.  Michael's journey is another aspect that makes the novel worth reading. It is realistic and the growth of the main hero happens gradually, slowly. Johanna is another character that I l...