Baker's Dozen: Dying with Dignity

by Terry Ward

In the shattered streets of Haiti, where governments collapse faster than faith can heal them, thirteen volunteers are sent on a mission no one will publicly acknowledge. Their orders are protect the innocent, prevent greater violence, and leave no trace behind.

Under the leadership of the disciplined, quietly burdened Baker, the team navigates chaos through restraint, ritual, and a fragile belief that mercy still matters—using spectacle rather than force.

But as death closes in, the mission becomes something deeper than survival. Each sacrifice forces the team to confront questions no training can What does God ask of people sent into violence? Can obedience remain moral when institutions have failed? Is dignity possible in a world that rewards brutality? And when innocent lives can be saved only through suffering, what separates righteousness from sin?

Written in stark, lyrical prose, Baker’s Dying with Dignity is a literary political thriller that explores grief, sacrifice, moral courage, and the search for grace amid human darkness. It is a story about people who are not trying to become heroes, but who struggle to remain human while carrying the terrible weight of protecting others.

For readers drawn to morally reflective fiction, spiritual undertones, and stories where conscience matters more than glory, Baker’s Dozen asks a haunting

How do you serve goodness in a broken world without losing your soul?

385 pages, Kindle Edition

Published May 12, 2026

About the author

Terry Ward describes himself as being a life-long bibliophile and scribbler who likes nothing better than discovering what's beyond the next hill.

He has won two creative writing awards, is married, has two sons and lives in Rochester, Kent, near Gad's Hill Place, where Charles Dickens spent the last years of his life.