THE RUNNER'S QUERY
SHAWN MILLER, THE ARCHITECT AND SPORTS DAD, DID IT. HE
ACHIEVED THE AMERICAN DREAM. HE GOT THE BEAUTIFUL: WIFE, FAMILY, HOUSE, AND A HIGH END SIX FIGURE SALARY TO BOAST.
ARE THE MILLERS PERFECT? NO. BUT WHAT FAMILY IS?
THE BETTER QUESTION TO ASK IS: HOW FRAGILE IS A DREAM?
FOR THE MILLERS IT TOOK ONE NIGHT, ONE TRAGEDY, TO FALL FROM
HEAVEN, AND CRASH LAND BACK TO REALITY.
AND AFTER TRAGEDY?
WHAT BEGINS AS LOVING FAMILY MATTERS, ENDS WITH A LIFE
ALTERING SPIRITUAL DECISION.
WITHIN THE RUNNERS PSALM, YOU WILL WITNESS THE REAL WAR
GOING ON OUTSIDE, AND THE BATTLE IS NOT: BLACK VS. WHITE, REPUBLICAN VS. DEMOCRAT, MAN VS. MAN, WOMAN, OR MACHINE.
THE BATTLE IS LOVE VS. FEAR.
SO, RELAX, AND MAKE YOURSELF AT HOME. THE MILLERS WELCOME
YOU INSIDE THEIR HUMBLE ABOAD FOR AN UPCLOSE AND PERSONAL VIEW OF THE FIGHT.
THE RUNNER'S SYNOPSIS
THE ACCOMPLISHED YET UNSATISFIED SHAWN MILLER’S DREAMS OF CREATING REVOLUTIONARY ARCHITECTURAL WORKS HAVE BEEN STIFLED BY PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND THE PRIORITIZATION OF PROFIT OVER PRODUCT. NOW, SIMPLICITIES SUCH AS A DAY AT THE BEACH WITH HIS BEAUTIFUL WIFE (RAVEN), AND TWO CHILDREN (BROCK AND NALA) IS ALL THAT HE WISHES FOR.
UNFORTUNATELY, A STORM HITS, AND SHAWN FINDS HIMSELF SPIRALING AND LOOKING TO BLAME AFTER AN UNTIMELY TRAGEDY.
FOLLOWING THIS TRAGEDY, SHAWN BECOMES SO DISTRACTED ASKING WHY THAT HE LOSES CONTROL OF HIS: JOB, HOUSE, PARENTAL RELATIONSHIP, AND RECURRING DREAM THAT HAS PROGRESSED INTO AN INFINITE NIGHTMARE.
AFTER A MAJOR FALLOUT AT WORK, SHAWN STUMBLES TO MASON TAVERN, AND MEETS A NEW DISTRACTION INTERESTED IN HELPING HIM COPE WITH HIS MIND AND DREAMS THROUGH A SPIRITUAL JOURNEY.
WHILE SHAWN IS UNRAVELING ANCIENT MYSTERIES, THE MILLER FAMILY BECOMES A FAR TOO FREQUENT TOPIC AT THE MASON COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT. WHEN THE KIDS CAN’T ANSWER TO THE CHAOS SEEPING FROM THEIR HOME, THE MCPD IS FORCED TO RUN A BACKGROUND CHECK ON SHAWN’S NEW DISTRACTION. THIS SENDS SHERIFF TATE AND SGT.
ARCHER TO VORA VALLEY; A NEARBY DESOLATE LAND RUMORED TO BE HOME TO ALL SORTS OF MAD MEN.
THE MAN INSIDE SHAWN’S DREAMS SEEMS TO BE THE ANSWER TO HIS WHY, AND SHAWN MUST DECIDE WHETHER HE WILL CONTINUE LIFE WITH HIM, OR FACE HIS FEARS.
TOWARDS THE COMPLETION OF THE RUNNER’S PSALM, THESE TWO WORLDS COME TOGETHER TO SYMBOLICALLY ILLUSTRATE THE RAMIFICATION THESE EVENTS HAVE HAD ON BROCK AND NALA, AND HOW FEAR AND TRAUMATIC EVENTS CAN PLAGUE GENERATIONS. THEN, READERS MAY FIND THEMSELVES VALIDATED, OR FACED WITH A DECISION OF THEIR OWN TO MAKE…