[1] The book was released on November 13, 2012, by FaithWords and centers on a self-centered businessman who discovers another world after being struck comatose by a sudden ailment.

This ruthless and cruel outlook has affected his personal life as well, prompting him to remarry an ex-wife only so he could be the one to leave her the second time around, and to ignore his daughter in favor of mourning the son that died at a very young age.

It's a hollow existence that is forever changed when Tony ends up in a coma due to a cerebral hemorrhage from a head trauma and a brain tumor.

[4] He has remarked that he began writing Cross Roads as a way to "delve deeper into the human soul" after his book The Shack and to explore the themes of transformation and community.

[5] He also stated that he wanted to "dispel negative stereotypes about blacks" and other ethnicities through the character of Maggie and by portraying God as a very young trans-ethnic girl.