The Craving

What happens when two people long to be together . . . but are worlds apart?'The Craving' is an award-winning, split-time Christian romance for young adults.A stadium collapse. A coma. A breathtaking journey of discovery.
Brilliant!Intriguing. A great and original story.Story remained in my mind long after reading.-CALEB Award judges' comments. 2020Winner of 2021 YA CALEB Award and the 2022 Global Book Awards YA Bronze medal, and finalist in the 2022 International Book Awards - Fiction: Religious category.
Will Sutherland saves a girl from a falling beam in a stadium collapse, and is plunged into a coma. Finding himself on the Island of Eldrad, Will longs to go home to Aporto Bay. He battles addiction and anger against his rival, Ben Maddock, and his own father who has walked out.
Meanwhile, Erin, the girl Will saved in the tragic accident, visits him in hospital, desperate for him to wake up.
Will takes an extraordinary journey to find the truth of his life. Will visits Idella city where desires are fulfilled, and he's given the keys to the astonishing worlds behind the seven doors of The House of Wisdom.
Why does Will change his mind about staying on the island? What happens when he wakes from the coma a completely different person?This book has deep themes and allegory about hardship and how to find happiness. It is rich with twists and turns in an explosive mix of contemporary and fantasy worlds.