Ghosts Rising

As cancer has its final say, Maggie Callaway takes a giant leap and reaches out to her estranged and only relative. Intentionally out of touch for most of their lives, Maggie and her brother, Rupert, connect and, in the short time they have together, discover a love and essence they never thought possible.

Although tragedy strikes, hope and promise prevail. When forced to accept what they had thought intolerable, the siblings go through a life-changing experience. From despair, gloom, and anguish come surprise, happiness, and new life.  

In Ghosts Rising, Kenneth Smith demonstrates how people can change for the better at any age.

Advance praise for Ghosts Rising

This is a rare one. Four characters of substance, a story that moves right along, lots of surprises. Romance. Humor. A family estrangement overcome. A spiritual crisis averted. Lessons of the life-changing kind learned. Some serious depth here, and Ken Smith packs it with psychological insight as few others could. Make room on your bookshelf—I’d suggest somewhere between J. F. Powers and Graham Greene—because you just might want to read it again.  

  — G. P. Sandefjord, author of Have Mercy and Annals of the Jyze Age

Ken Smith takes us on a mid-life journey through the confusion and revelation we invariably experience as we attempt to make sense of ourselves and those we love. This is an engaging story of transgenerational unfinished business and the struggle for individuation and redemption in later life.

— Paul David, PhD