The Unfinished Gift won 2 Carol Awards (Best Debut Author, Best Historical Fiction). It's in pre-production as a faith-based film (film shoot scheduled for the 1st Qtr of 2027). It's a Christmas story set on the Homefront During WW2. A young boy named Patrick is dropped off across town to live with a grandfather he's never met. His mother recently died in car accident, and his father is a B-17 pilot in England. They've never met because Patrick's father and grandfather haven't spoken since before he was born. Ian Collins, his grandfather, is dreading this visit and hopes the Army finds his father quickly. The Unfinished Gift is a dramatic family drama, a story of conflicts and reconciliation, that reminds us of the surprising things that can affect powerful changes in our hearts–-a young boy’s desperate prayers, a shoebox full of love letters, even a dusty, long-forgotten wooden soldier.

Written by bestselling author Dan Walsh. Reviewers often compare Dan's novels to Nicholas Sparks, Richard Paul Evans, and Charles Martin.