Ted Dekker has written 28 books including House, Skin, Showdown, Green, and Adam. His first book, heaven’s wager, was published in 2005. His book House takes place in Alabama. Two couples find themselves in a house with a serial killer only known as the tin man. They only have 12 hours to find a way out before he kills all of them. The book Showdown takes place in the town of Paradise and a monastery in the canyons. A stranger named Marsuvees Black appears and offers peace and love but a kid named Johnny Drake is the only one who can see Black for who he truly is.