Dangerous hills, winding roads, illegal drugs and excessive amounts of alcohol are a lethal combination to a popular film star and his fast car. It takes only a quick movement of the steering wheel to careen into the valley below and ignite into hot blue flames, changing a life forever. Being a patient in a local hospital's burn unit is the least likely place a famous person imagines they'll be, especially since giving up seems easier than surviving.

Marianne Engel's passion is making beautiful sculptures for a living, but it's her strong spiritual beliefs and religious background that bring her to the room of the burn unit. The relationship she builds with a patient there is not an accident, but created by divine intervention and a long-ago connection to the past. Together they journey through time making memories and healing, but can they save each other from who they once were to become more?

THE GARGOYLE is intelligent, innovative and dark -- and really makes you think. I now have a refreshing new perspective on literary work such as DANTE'S INFERNO. This is a great read!