Mass media covered him from California to Georgia.

Journalists reported him rescuing lives, mending broken hearts, thwarting crimes, perpetrating crimes, walking among ordinary people and uplifting them with words about life now and in the hereafter.

But who was he?

In great detail, he recited eye-witness accounts about John the Baptist; and, the tragedy at Calvary over 2,000 years ago. Photographs revealed that he wore sandals beneath a white robe and emerging long, dark hair.

Some insisted he was Jesus, returned to Earth.

But others blatantly disagreed.

Tom Carter is a seven-time New York Times best-selling author who's collaborated with celebrities to write their autobiographies. He's written with Reba McEntire, Glen Campbell, Merle Haggard, Tammy Wynette, Ronnie Milsap, George Jones, Ralph Emery and many others. Carter has also written novels for Britney Spears and LeAnn Rimes. He recently wrote a life's lessons book for Jason Aldean, the Academy of Country Music's "Entertainer of the Decade." For four years, Carter (and his wife, Janie) traveled two continents to write for Feed The Children, a nonprofit charity that fed 600,000 youngsters daily.

In the Flesh is Carter's first faith-based novel.