Cody Coots is a fourth-generation serpent handler. By age 6, he handles mock serpents with his sister, Trina, in the church, using... more
Dalton Mills, narrator of Marked for Life, also shares the same hometown of Middlesboro, KY, with Cody and the Coots... more
Cody mounts a defense for the people of the faith.While sinning copiously, he noticed many of the faithful remaining steadfast... more
Cody returns after two years to compose a final chapter of this memoir, Marked for Life."I thought writing this book... more
Cody explains his beliefs, and how they are properly demonstrated. (At one time, he "learned" how to do them, manufacturing... more
A stranger, an artist and ex-fundamentalist preacher from Alabama, is interested in Cody's Signs-following songs. He reaches out."These have never... more
Cody tires of life in Middlesboro.He tells Cassy, "Let's move in with your folks in Berea." So they do.Freshly settled, a... more
Cody rages outside the church, and it's all Shelton's fault he can never be saved!Afterward, Cody and his friends caravan.... more
Out-of-work Cody Coots is barely scraping by. Now, he turns to the one trade he knows best: snake trading in... more
Cassy moves in with Cody, only to find an unexpected houseguest: "Nina."Together, the newly minted duo drives the streets of... more
Cody is determined to do what is best for him regardless of what some people might say, like his bosses.... more