“He who is a slave to the compass enjoys the freedom of the sea.”
The Boy From Sherwood Crescent
A novel of loss and love
What does a boy become when grief arrives before he’s grown?
Just before Christmas, in a small Scottish town, eight-year-old Seth McLean lost his mother, his father, and his baby sister in a single night. He survived only because he was away from home, at his grandmother’s side. She raised him on faith and a stubborn kind of hope, and in time he learned to live with the scars no one could see. The wound heals, he would come to say. The scar remains.
Now, at the end of a long life, Seth has one story left to tell, and one more life to change.
He has never told it whole, not in more than seventy years. But the secret he finally speaks aloud, and the question it forces, will outlast him: can even the cruelest loss be turned, somehow, to good?
The Boy from Sherwood Crescent is a sweeping debut about a grandmother’s quiet faith, a wound that never fully closed, and a love that rose, impossibly, from the very loss that took everything from him.
He kept it for a lifetime.
Now it belongs to you.
Available for purchase on Amazon in late fall, 2026.
Hi there!
I’m Greg - an author and speaker who believes love is stronger than anything that tries to break us.
After decades in leadership at Edward Jones, I’ve turned my focus to writing stories that help people find faith, hope, and purpose in life’s hardest moments.
Today, I share those messages through my books and speaking*, inviting others to discover redemption in their own stories.
*Per Greg’s passion, all net proceeds from speaking engagements and book sales are directed to nonprofit organizations and charitable initiatives. Thank you for helping support those in need.
