Pub Date: 2008-06-03 Pages: 352 Language: English Publisher: HarperCollins US Twelve years have passed since Nehemiah Trust left his hometown of Shibboleth. Alabama Now a successful aide in Washington DC. Nehemiah is shocked when his brother Billy and high. -school girlfriend Trice show up on his doorstep warning that something is stealing the life of what should be their idyllic hometown. Billy and Trice are convinced that only Nehemiah can help. As the three friends join together to save the place they call home. they learn the solution may require a willingness to sacrifice everything.