Faithless & Found

Second place winner in LGBTQ+ Historical Fiction from The BookFest, Spring 2025. Tadaaki has always struggled with faith since his mother died when he was a small child. The fact that he was blamed for her death out of a lack of faith pushed him further away from God and his father, a pastor. Then years later, he finds himself faithless once more, after his brother is killed in a car accident. Rejected by his father and pushed to the end of himself, Tadaaki runs off to his father's church to give God a peace of his mind. Only when God answers Tadaaki wakes up in 1600 AD war torn Japan. There, he is found by a young samurai named Sato Michi, who instantly thinks Tadaaki is the answer to his own prayers — a way to escape from his jealous, overbearing lover. No aspect of this book, from the cover to the writing process, has been made with AI. Human Authored Registration number through the Authors Guild #8524692