Richard Hartzer is a school administrator by day and writer/blogger in his free time. His first novel, a faith-based suspense story entitled “A Confession of Faith” is poised to become the breakout hit of 2019, 2020, or whenever it actually gets published.
Richard currently resides in the Panama City, FL metroplex with his amazing wife Courtney and tolerable children Emily, Andrew, and Audrey. When he’s not making people laugh and cry with his writing, Richard enjoys watching football, spending time with family, and sitting on the back porch doing nothing.
Facing execution for treason, eighteen-year-old Faith Webber recalls her remarkable journey.
Faith Webber is your typical 18-year-old girl who faces the same issues most young adults face…with one exception. The Chancellor has sentenced her to be executed for committing treason.
As she faces death, Faith recounts a journey filled with suspense and mystery, that began when her father moved her close-knit Christian family to a country where religion is outlawed. Now that her father is away on business more often, Faith grows tired of his secretive activities, and longs for the relationship they once had.
When a handsome young man named Jakob, and his family move in across the street, Faith immediately falls in love, unaware of the secrets her new boyfriend is harboring. As Faith and Jakob grow closer together, she and her father continue to drift even farther apart. When a series of shocking revelations about Jakob and her father shakes Faith’s world, she doesn’t know who to trust, or what to do.
When Faith finally learns the truth, she finds herself trapped in an impossible situation with no easy way out. Doing the right thing will endanger those closest to her, and could force Faith to make the ultimate sacrifice. AMAZON
Surviving her execution was the easy part. Facing the ever-changing conflict around her is the real test.
Several months after narrowly escaping death, eighteen-year-old Faith Webber is still hiding from Chancellor Sloane, the man who tried to execute her for treason. Desperately low on supplies, Faith and her family must find a way to escape and continue the fight for religious freedom that nearly took their lives.
When Faith and her associates decide to take the fight directly to Chancellor Sloane, the conflict grows more complicated than she could have imagined. Along the way, unexpected allies and new adversaries emerge, turning Faith’s world upside-down. Suffering from the effects of her harrowing experience and finding herself growing more distant from her loved ones, Faith begins to question the true motives of everyone around her.
Once her eyes are finally opened to see the truth, Faith is faced with one impossible test after another, driving her to her breaking point. AMAZON