A broken heart, bankruptcy and back surgery didn’t prevent God from using Monty Rieck for a higher purpose. Rieck, author of the autobiography I Am Eli, announces the sequel Eli’s Road Less Traveled: Hanging Up My Spurs, and Hanging Onto Jesus, will be published on Monday, August 7 and is available for pre-order now.

This second book in The Cowboy Preacher Series share’s Rieck’s faith-filled journey, experiencing triumph through tragic events. Although he had to put his rodeo dreams to bed, Rieck found a new calling that the devil didn’t like. Facing incredible difficulties like dealing with spousal infidelity, divorce and becoming a single father to three rambunctious boys, God used Rieck to bring many to saving faith in Jesus Christ.