A Prisoner of Hope

About the Book

What makes Darron Shipe so violent and hateful that he thrives on a weak society for survival? His entire youth is spent in juvenile facilities, and his life unfolds like a nightmare as soon as he gets his first gun. The streets are his income, and now society must pay the price for his vengeance.

A four-year prison term in maximum security results in numerous assaults and stabbings. Eight years later his counselor writes in her final report, "Mr. Shipe is a detriment to society, because of his violent nature and problems with anger."

As soon as he is released, he returns to the one person who is responsible for all his problems--his father. Darron lays his sawed-off shotgun to his father's head and pulls the trigger!

A year later, he is captured in a high-speed chase, and is held in a county jail for extradition back to Maryland. A visitation by an unknown old man with a message from God begins a series of miraculous events, which will change his life forever. The man of hate, destruction, anger, and despair becomes "A Prisoner of Hope".

About the Author

Rick Conner is the prison outreach minister to Deep Meadow Correctional Center, Bon Air Juvenile Center, and Richmond City Jail in central Virginia. In 1999, he was inspired to write a series (From Crime to Christ) on former inmates who have successfully made the transition from a life of crime to a life of serving Christ.