UNDER ATTACK: When Your Only Defense Is Prayer

A childhood lost to rage. A youth spent in a cage. A man hunted by his past.For Mario, a family shattered by divorce and drug abuse wasn't just a tragedy—it was a fuse. By thirteen, he was a child consumed by anger. By sixteen, he was brokering drug deals with hardened men. But when a transaction turned into a homicide, Mario’s childhood vanished in a flash of violence. He was no longer just a boy; he was a killer facing a lifetime behind bars.Thrust into the predatory world of the adult prison system while still a teenager, Mario spent three agonizing years in the crushing silence of solitary confinement—all before he was old enough to drink. In the hollow darkness of “the hole,” he issued a desperate ultimatum to the Almighty: Save me, and I will spend the rest of my life saving kids like me.What followed was a brutal twenty-year odyssey through sixteen different prisons. A man at war with the system, Mario was kicked out of nine facilities before finally walking out through the gates at age thirty-six. But he quickly discovered the "free world" was its own kind of battlefield—one where the aggression that kept him alive inside was now his greatest liability.Returning home as a prodigal son, Mario found no mercy. Shunned by his sibling and exiled from the family business, he forged a new life in the treacherous shark tanks of local politics, cut-throat nonprofits, and the high-stakes world of taxes and accounting. But the shadows of his past refused to stay buried. Mario soon realizes that while he has changed, the world hasn't forgotten—and it certainly hasn't forgiven.From the ghosts of his youth to a devastating boardroom betrayal, the hunter has become the hunted. Now, with the walls closing in, Mario has nothing left to defend him but the God he made a deal with long ago.Under Attack is a white-knuckle journey of grit, survival, and the relentless pursuit of grace. From the darkness of a solitary cell to the corridors of power, it is a raw look at a life reclaimed—proving that when the world turns against you, the only way to truly stand your ground is to get on your knees and pray. Read more