Threads of Midnight

Threads of Midnight is the first novel in the If Heaven Were Real series, a bold fusion of theological thriller, psychological horror, and speculative fiction. It follows Cassidy, a woman trapped within the Department-a predatory construct that feeds on memory, suffering, and the quiet despair of human lives. Bound to her fate is Michael, a broken guardian who burns away his own memories in the Ledger, trading pieces of himself to keep her alive. But the Department has its own currency: deception, harvest, and spectacle. They twist scripture into contracts, turn sacrifice into profit, and present salvation as another transaction. Michael's hidden hope, however, is not in the Ledger at all-it is in pointing Cassidy toward the one truth the Department cannot counterfeit: Jesus Christ. Not a token, not an abstract belief, but the living rupture of grace that shatters every system of control. As Cassidy battles through constructs that prey upon her love for her lost brother, and as Michael suffers the Ledger's relentless cuts, both discover that the Christ Token is no object-it is the power of choice, faith, and surrender. Their struggle is not only for survival but for revelation: that salvation cannot be bought, earned, or bargained. It must be chosen. Terrifying, lyrical, and fiercely human, Threads of Midnight confronts the hidden war beneath ordinary life. It asks the reader: in a world where every system profits from despair, will you choose the bargain-or the grace no ledger can hold?