John West 
Samaritan’s Gift 

An abused seven-year-old boy is caught up in the CPS system and shuffled from family to family, until he is finally adopted by a loving veterinarian and his wife. Barely surviving his childhood trauma, the boy is caught outside in the middle of a terrible thunderstorm, and young Walter Meyer is suddenly struck by a bolt of lightning and pays a tragic price – he suffers cardiac arrest. While he is unconscious, he has an out-of-body experience and encounters spiritual beings (he calls them angels) and experiences the loving presence that some call the Holy Spirit. Walter is given the gift of life and a special message. Miraculously, he is brought back to life and survives solely due to his parent’s performing CPR and paramedic’s efforts. When he awakens back in his own body, his experience did not feel like a dream or a hallucination, but was "more real than real life." He doesn’t tell many people what exactly happened to him when he died, but when he does, they don’t believe itso he only shares his story with those he trusts. His near death experience leaves him profoundly changed and he is blessed with incredible new abilities. He’s become a better version of himself, however, he has trouble fitting back into everyday life. As he grows into manhood, his quest to fulfill God’s message takes him from the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, to the lush serenity of Duke University, to his wildest adventure near Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa, finally to Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia. Driven by his new-found relationship with God, Meyer is on a singular-focused mission that enables him to overcome evil with good. He becomes a man of great wealth, finds his true love, and saves enumerable liveswith a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to save the life of a future president.