Cinders of a Blind Man Who Could See

Owen is woken by his son David early in the morning. He tells him a tale of a strange tree with markings on it. When he touches them, the sight in his left eye that was lost due to an accident while he was young was restored. This sets Owen off on an investigation to find out the truth about this tree...

Uncovering a conspiracy, he tries to balance his new knowledge with his belief in God, and races off to find his son, who is responsible for signing the forms that allow the forested area to be bulldozed to put in a high-speed railway...

Well written, and with believable and likable characters. It's very subtle and slow at first, but it picks up the pace and delivers a satisfying ending.