Redemption Song

By: Van de Lay, Roman

Eli Rivers has everything he ever prayed for - a rising Christian band, sold-out arenas, and the kind of marriage people write worship songs about.
But when cancer steals Anna, the woman who steadied his soul, Eli's world collapses.
The music stops.
The faith cracks.
And grief pulls him into a slow, devastating spiral he can't claw his way out of.
Addiction ruins what little remains. His band lets him go. His reputation fractures. And the man once known for singing hope becomes a shadow lying on the floor of his own home, one breath away from never rising again.
But rock bottom isn't Eli's ending - it's the beginning of his return.
Like the prodigal son "coming to himself" (Luke 15:17), Eli embarks on the long road back: to sobriety, to purpose, and to a faith he thought he had burned beyond recognition. Through rehab, honesty, and the unwavering loyalty of the people who refuse to give up on him, Eli slowly rebuilds a life he nearly destroyed.
Along the way, he meets a woman whose gentleness echoes the grace he's been running from - not replacing Anna's memory, but honoring it. Love does not erase love; it makes room.
Redemption Song is a raw, unvarnished Christian drama about grief, addiction, second chances, and the God who runs toward broken sons long before they can stand again.
"But while he was still a long way off,
his father saw him and felt compassion..."
- Luke 15:20
A story for anyone who has ever fallen, failed, or wondered if grace could still find them.

Sometimes God lets you hit rock bottom so that you realize that God is the rock at the bottom.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0G5PD9VY9
• ISBN13: 9798277770948
• Release Date: December 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 509 Pages
• Weight: 1.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"