The dead are not the problem. The living are.

A story of inheritance, ritual, and the quiet agreements that hold a town together.
This novel lingers in thresholds — between life and death, duty and desire.
Move slowly. The atmosphere matters.

This is a book about responsibility as devotion.

Reader Cues

• Read at dusk or on a rain-heavy afternoon.

• Notice what is said — and what is withheld.

• Pay attention to the cost of keeping order.

This selection contains themes of death, burial rituals, and supernatural elements.