Ripped from the headlines, this will be the explosively inspirational and news making life story of the young female hostage who earlier this year, single–handedly talked the infamous Atlanta courthouse killer, Brian Nichols, into surrendering peacefully by gaining his confidence through her prayers and personal faith and by reading passages to him from the Christian blockbuster A Purpose Driven Life. Ashley Smith's memoir will resonate from coast to coast with the riveting story of her amazing courage and great faith in persuading her murderous hostage–taker to surrender to a heavily armed dragnet of police officers after he went on a wild killing spree through the courthouse and streets of Atlanta in April. The 26–year–old widowed mother of a six year old girl will tell for the first time in this book the inside details of her hours with the killer –– revealing numerous headline–making details –– and expanding on how the Lord and the bestselling book A Purpose Driven Life helped her survive the ordeal, and bring the killer's murderous rampage to a peaceful end.
