Hope Unseen: The Story of the U.S. Army's First Blind Active-Duty Officer

A Nervous Glance from a man in a parked car. Muted instincts from a soldier on patrol. Violent destruction followed by total darkness. Two weeks later, Scotty Smiley woke up in Walter Reed Army Medical Center, helpless ... and blind.

Growing Up in Pasco, Washington, Scotty Smiley read the Bible every day. He grew up believing in a God who loved and protected him. He married a beautiful woman who shared his beliefs. He graduated from West point. He Survived Ranger School, and he headed to Iraq to serve our nation. And then on April 6, 2005, a suicide bomber blew Captain Smiley's world apart.

What Tiffany Smiley feared most was not the loss of her husband's sight, but the loss of his faith. Was it really God's plan to leave him a pathetic version of his former self? In the aftermath of his injury, Scotty's influence would impact the lives of thousands-either pointing people toward faith or wreaking havoc on the whole idea.