NO PLACE TO REST

A Novel by Billy Max Mullendore Jr.

They work. They parent. They pray. But when night comes, they have no place to rest.

No Place To Rest is a powerful, faith-driven novel about a growing crisis hiding in plain sight—people forced to call their cars, vans, and parking lots home.

Marcus Reed never imagined he would be living out of his vehicle. Neither did Tasha, a mother desperately trying to protect her daughter Maya, or Lena, who keeps the truth about where she sleeps hidden from the world. Then there’s Ray, an older man who uses humor to cover the pain and loss he carries with him.

Their lives cross as they search night after night for something most people take for granted: a safe place to stop.

But everywhere they go, the message seems to be the same:

You can’t stay here. Move along.

As pressure from the city grows and one family faces a frightening crisis, Marcus and the others are forced to confront a system that often sees vehicles instead of people. Their struggle also challenges Pastor Thomas Daniels to decide what faith truly means when helping those in need comes with a cost.

Set in Fort Smith, Arkansas, and Roland, Oklahoma, No Place To Rest is a moving story of homelessness, friendship, dignity, faith, community, and hope—and a reminder of how quickly the distance between having a home and having nowhere to go can disappear.

How can someone rebuild their life when they are never allowed to stop?