But God can take ordinary people and use them in extraordinary ways. He can take someone who feels unprepared and make them an answer. He can take someone who feels weak and use them to strengthen others. He can take someone who is still growing and place them in a moment where their obedience becomes somebody else’s miracle.

That is one of the deepest spiritual truths running through S.O.L.A.D.™: Soldiers of Light Against Darkness™: The Angelo™ & Angeline™ Chronicles. The darkness in these books does not only attack bodies, cities and worlds. It attacks identity. It attacks memory. It attacks the wounds people carry. It tries to turn pain into poison. It tries to convince heroes that what happened to them has the right to decide who they become.

Kevin is not important to S.O.L.A.D.™: Soldiers of Light Against Darkness™: The Angelo™ & Angeline™ Chronicles simply because he becomes the man with the glowing sword. He matters because of the heart behind the sword. He matters because of the faith behind the fight. He matters because of the humanity behind the hero. He matters because before he ever became Angelo™, he was Kevin Edwards, a young man carrying fear, insecurity, heartbreak, dreams, questions and a deep desire