The Son Behind the Pulpit

Maxwell Adeniyi was the son every pastor wanted to be proud of-the brilliant young man who left home to study Medicine and build a future worthy of his family's hopes.

Then he met the wrong friend.

At university, Max is drawn into a secret world of drugs, dangerous loyalties and choices he believes he can still control. When a year-long suspension threatens the future he has hidden from his parents, fear pushes him deeper into deception. Soon, the son of a respected pastor is standing at the edge of a life he never imagined for himself.

One night, everything collapses.

Arrested after a failed robbery, Max's secret life is exposed. His father is forced to confront the truth he never saw coming, and Max discovers that the consequences of his choices reach far beyond himself. Prison, loss and grief eventually force him to face the man he has become-and the family he nearly destroyed.

The Son Behind the Pulpit is a story of family, bad choices, consequences, forgiveness and redemption. Set against the atmosphere of Nigeria and shaped by the pressures of faith, ambition, friendship and family, it asks a difficult question: when someone falls, how far can they go-and can they ever find their way home?