Through Water and Stone

A Zion National Park Novel

Karen Barnett

• Publisher: Kregel Publications
• eBook ISBN:
  9780825471711
• Year: 2025

"A gripping tale of twisted family bonds set in Utah's Zion National Park . . . Readers will be swept up." —Publishers Weekly In 1948, Zion National Park ranger Henry Eriksson and his wife, Alma, are less than one year removed from their infant son's sudden death in a flash flood, and the weight of the loss hasn't diminished with time. When Henry discovers an abandoned baby in a hatbox on his morning rounds, he's unsure how to react, but Alma is delighted, and she reignites with purpose at what seems to be a miracle from God. Nearly eighty years later, Talia Eriksson leaves her job at an athleisure company in Palo Alto, California, in disgrace and returns to Zion National Park to reconnect with her grandfather and review her life goals. But when an at-home DNA test exposes family secrets, Talia and her newfound friend, law enforcement ranger Blake Mitchell, work together to search for answers. Talia navigates the rocky path into her past with Blake by her side, what she discovers may alter everything she knew to be true about herself. With the uncertain future looming, Talia must learn that family is deeper than genetics and that trusting God can mean being still and clinging to the Rock. "Karen Barnett expertly weaves a tale that is gentle and tender yet as powerful as floodwaters in reaching into the heart of love and family." —Amanda Cox, award-winning and best-selling author of Between the Sound and Sea

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Dedication Page
• Contents
• 1 - Zion National Park May 15, 1948
• 2 - Palo Alto, California Present Day
• 3 - Zion National Park May 15, 1948
• 4 - Palo Alto, California Present Day
• 5 - Zion National Park May 15, 1948
• 6 - Springdale, Utah Present Day
• 7 - Zion National Park 1948
• 8 - Present Day
• 9 - 1949
• 10 - Present Day
• 11 - 1951
• 12 - Present Day
• 13 - 1951
• 14 - Present Day
• 15 - 1951
• 16 - Present Day
• 17 - 1951
• 18 - Present Day
• 19 - 1951
• 20 - Present Day
• 21 - Salt Lake City, Utah 1951
• 22 - Present Day
• 23 - 1951
• 24 - Present Day
• 25 - 1951
• 26 - Present Day
• 27 - 1951
• 28 - Present Day
• 29 - 1951
• 30 - Present Day
• 31 - 1951
• 32 - Present Day
• Acknowledgments
• Author's Note
• About the Author