Prologue and Chapters 1-10
Amos Applebaum, also known as “Preacher”, sat heavily on the well-worn wooden chair. His once intense fight and flight instincts had dissipated some time ago. He was utterly resigned to his unfortunate fate and had even made peace with it. His nickname had been bestowed upon him by fellow inmates after Amos began using his one hour of allotted yard time to share his new-found faith. Amos had been “born again” and spent isolated long hours in his cell making personalized proselytizing tracks to pass out to his peers, at first on his napkins and later on the sheets of paper the prison provided him. Admittedly, everyone originally saw his finding-religion as a Hail Mary attempt to get out of his death sentence, but either Amos was taking his charade to the grave or he really was converted. “Amos, the public wants to know what is in your bag of belongings confiscated by the guards when you entered this prison twelve years ago and what you plan to do with each item or w...