Daylight in the Night

About the Book

Joy Jackson, news anchor at CNN World News, has reached the zenith of her career as a television journalist. Her complacency is abruptly interrupted when she runs into an old high school classmate, Jeannetta, whose life has been devastated by a crack cocaine addiction. Shocked at the appearance of her old classmate, she decides to investigate and produce a documentary on the devastation this drug reeks upon an otherwise promising life. Joy’s zealous research carries her too far. She samples the drug attempting to gain a more authentic perspective of the drugs effect. Three years later Joy is in disbelief at the depths of her fall from grace. Cocaine addiction has led to the loss of her prestigious job, her family, and the near loss of her best friend, Lisa Farrow. The insatiable compulsion has pushed her into the squalid world of prostitution, her only means of supporting a consuming habit. Lisa is sure that faith in God and prayer will lift Joy from the terrible pit into which she has fallen.

About the Author

Luther McDaniel, Jr., was born in Augusta, Georgia. At age 18, after finishing Richmond Academy High School, he enlisted into the military where he served four years in the prestigious 82nd airborne division serving as a combat infantryman. He finished his military commitment in 1978 and seven years later he decided to further his education. He attended Augusta College where he earned his Bachelors degree of arts within three years, and thereafter earned a doctorate in Juris Prudence at John Marshall Law school in Atlanta, Georgia. After several years practicing law old demons resurged in Luther’s life jeopardizing a hard-fought-for career and in desperation he reached back for an old talent, writing, one of which he gives God absolute glory. He signed his first publishing contract in 2008 and his debut novel, The Third Cross, was released in 2010. The novel did impressively well and Luther had found another profession. His latest novel, Daylight in the Night, is scheduled for release on March 15, 2018.