Sacrificial Lambs: A novel

For Tom and Amy Smith, life is good. They have each other, a small home, and a couple of bucks for occasional take-out. Most importantly, they have Billy, their toddler son, who is learning to talk, and says things like "big truck!" and "doggy!" and "I AM THE LORD GOD! I SET IN MOTION THE UNIVERSE FOR YOU!"
It's that last, unexpected proclamation, caught on video by GNBNC (the Global News Broadcasting Network Co.) , that turns the Smiths' world upside down. The family is soon running for their lives from a competing cast of cutthroat characters who see the boy as a golden opportunity or an existential threat: the televangelist founder of the Jones International Ministry and the Christ Almighty Family Theme Park; a GNBNC anchor and recovering tabloid reporter; Virginia's first female governor, an attractive rising political star with serious stability issues; and, a Machiavellian president determined to take out the toddler who could derail his reelection. In the family's corner are an aging pastor and his enthusiastic but altar-blocked young lieutenant, and America's most hated billionaire.
Sacrificial Lambs culminates in a chaotic confrontation on world-wide television, featuring political opportunism, media exploitation, a deadly ambush, and a thunderous news flash heard around the world.