How did you feel about Doyle when you first “met” him in Chapter One?

Did he frighten you? Why?

Did you anticipate the plane crash? How do you think you might have felt when you realized that you had lived through such an event, when others didn’t?

What would you do first?

What about the death of Beth’s friend Bill Peterson? Would you have reacted differently?

Would you have decided to leave the crash sight?

Considering everything you knew about Doyle, did you feel that he was a genuine threat to Beth?

What did you learn about Search and Rescue?

Were you satisfied with the ending?

Have you ever known someone who has experienced severe emotional trauma? Did the trauma leave them scarred? Why or why not?

There are Vietnam experts who say that the soldiers who left the United States with a genuine relationship with Jesus had the MOST trouble with their Vietnam experience. Does this statement surprise you? Why do you think this might be true?

What might you do to protect your children from the emotional devastation of trauma?

Has this book changed the way you look at people around you? How?