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The Search for God
Paperback
Series: Tales of the Obsidian Outcast
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Oct 4 2025
Pages: 302
Weight: 0.89
Height: 0.63 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Raise up a child in the way he should go... For Grayson Obsidian, that wasn't a promise. It was a prison sentence.
Born into a world where God comes first and reality is a distant second, Grayson's life is a whirlwind of prayer lines, end-of-the-world prophecies, and a family that moves at the whims of the spirit. From a miracle birth in Indiana to the humid farmlands of North Carolina, Grayson is the ultimate observer in a family more concerned with the afterlife than the one they are currently living.
As his parents, Ansel and Roma, chase the pulpit and court the favor of megachurch pastors, Grayson quietly navigates the bizarre and often traumatizing realities of a hyper-religious upbringing. While his mother sees angels in airports and his father masters the songs of the radically saved, Grayson is just trying to find a world of his own. One made up of video games, mystery novels, and the simple desire to be left alone.
This special 4-book collection follows the formative years of the Obsidian Outcast
Nomads: A childhood on the move, from military housing to death cult dogma.
Breaking the Promised Land: As the religious intensity ramps up, Grayson begins to realize that the Search for God looks very different when you're the one being sacrificed for it.
The Old World: Small acts of defiance in the face of heavy-handed restrictions and holy neglect.
- Close to the Sun: The transition into an awkward adolescence where the cracks in the church's foundation finally begin to splinter.
Experience the origins of a journey that begins with a search for holiness, and ends with a fight for survival.
Note to the Reader: The Search for God covers the early arc of Grayson's life. A journey defined by childhood wonder, religious absurdity, and the struggle to belong. But the light is beginning to fade. As Grayson grows, the dogma that once merely felt restrictive begins to turn predatory.
The world of the Obsidian Outcast is about to get much darker.
In the upcoming volumes, the Search for God is replaced by a desperate search for the truth, as Grayson realizes that some monsters don't hide under the bed. They stand behind the pulpit.
Are you ready to see what happens when the mask finally slips?
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