Radical
Trust
The Story As Misha Saw It
Coming November 2026The rains are coming. The village has no idea. And Misha — a loyal border collie who has spent her life at the feet of the strangest man in the valley — is about to discover what it costs to trust a God she cannot see.
"Then the Lord shut him in."
Genesis 7:16 (NIV)
The Greatest Rescue Story Ever Told — Witnessed by a Dog
Radical Trust tells the story of Noah's flood through the eyes of his dog. From the moment Misha hears the hammers strike the first cedar beam to the morning she watches a rainbow arch across a washed-clean sky, she bears witness to one of history's most radical acts of faith.
The water is real. The waiting is real. The doubt is real. And the God who closes the door is the same God who opens the sky.
For families who want a story that takes faith seriously — and a dog who takes her Master seriously, too.
Read 10 Free Chapters →30 chapters. A full literary adventure — not a board book retelling or a simplified Sunday school summary. Written for preteens who are ready for a story that takes their faith as seriously as they do.
Story + devotional in every chapter. Each chapter closes with a Key Verse, a reflection prompt, a family discussion question, and a prayer prompt — making this ideal for a family read-aloud, homeschool study, or a solo reader.
Scripture from the NASB 2020 · 61,000 words · 275 pages (paperback)
Collector's Edition hardback — includes maps, timelines, and biblical source materials exploring the history of the flood narrative and how this event shaped the ancient world.
Your Kids Already Know the Ark. They've Never Seen the Flood.
Every child knows Noah's Ark — the bright wooden boat, the paired animals, the rainbow. But what did it feel like to live it? What did it cost Noah to keep building while his neighbors threw stones? What did the waiting feel like, week after week on the water with no land in sight?
Radical Trust does not sanitize the story. The book goes to the difficult places — with age-appropriate gravity — because preteens who have already encountered real difficulty will trust a story that does not pretend the world is easier than it is.
And they will trust Misha. Because she does not believe by thinking through arguments. She trusts because she has watched Noah trust, and she has been inside the closed door and survived. Her faith is earned through experience — which is exactly how faith works for most real people.
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Michael J. Rainwater
Michael is a Christian author and Bible teacher based in Houston, Texas. Radical Trust grows out of a deep love for the story of Noah — and a conviction that the God who closed the door on the ark is the same God who is faithful today.
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