What is Siege of the Soul?

Qui­et­ly car­ry­ing impos­si­ble weight? You are not alone. You are in very old com­pa­ny.

This col­lec­tion of wicked­ly hon­est, fic­tion­al cor­re­spon­dence between demons, acci­den­tal­ly expos­es truth to weary par­ents whose faith is under siege.

“Utter­ly bril­liant. Cap­ti­vat­ing­ly writ­ten. What­ev­er suf­fer­ing you are walk­ing through, you will see your­self in the pages of Siege of the Soul. Read­ing this book felt like some­one was read­ing my mail. It will help read­ers rec­og­nize the devil’s schemes and com­bat them with bib­li­cal truth. By remind­ing us who God is, Bri­anne coun­ters our deep­est and often unspo­ken fears, expos­ing the lies behind them. I can­not rec­om­mend this book high­ly enough.”

Vaneetha Ren­dall Ris­ner, Author of Watch­ing for the Morn­ing

“Siege of the Soul is a rare com­pan­ion for any­one walk­ing through the hid­den val­leys of fear, fatigue, and faith. Bri­anne writes with a ten­der­ness and hon­esty that give lan­guage to expe­ri­ences many par­ents in the spe­cial-needs and vary­ing-abil­i­ties com­mu­ni­ty feel but strug­gle to express. Her blend of cre­ative sto­ry­telling, the­o­log­i­cal reflec­tion, and lived expe­ri­ence invites read­ers not only to feel seen, but also to sense the near­ness of the God who holds us in our most dis­ori­ent­ing sea­sons. This is a book I will glad­ly place in the hands of any­one who needs both empa­thy and hope.”

~ Scott Sauls, Pas­tor and Author of Beau­ti­ful Peo­ple Don’t Just Hap­pen

You might be here because one of these sounds all too famil­iar:

• “Where is God in this?”
• “I love my child deeply, so why am I strug­gling to make sense of all this?”
• “What if I can’t han­dle this?”
• “How do I keep my faith when I feel so angry?”
• “Should I be over this by now?”

Who is this book for?

Siege of the Soul is a book ded­i­cat­ed to help­ing Chris­t­ian par­ents and care­givers nav­i­gat­ing:

• Spe­cial needs diag­noses
• Med­ical com­plex­i­ty in chil­dren
• Neu­ro­di­ver­gence
• Devel­op­men­tal delays or dis­abil­i­ties
• Any pro­longed, unex­pect­ed hard sea­son that’s shak­en your faith

It’s also for the pas­tors, coun­selors, and friends who want to under­stand the inner world of hid­den grief, faith ques­tions, and emo­tion­al com­plex­i­ty of these par­ents with greater com­pas­sion.

What kind of book this is

The­ol­o­gy meets semi-mem­oir meets bib­li­cal counseling—a field guide for the val­ley you did­n’t choose but are walk­ing any­way. It blends lived expe­ri­ence, spir­i­tu­al for­ma­tion, and gen­tle pas­toral insight to help you name what’s hap­pen­ing inside you and find relief in the truth of your beloved­ness.

Why this format works

Siege of the Soul is writ­ten in the tra­di­tion of C.S. Lewis’s Screw­tape Let­ters — demon­ic cor­re­spon­dence that expos­es the lies exhaust­ed par­ents actu­al­ly face. Not to sen­sa­tion­al­ize the bat­tle. To help you see clear­ly. Because recog­ni­tion is the begin­ning of relief.

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