None But the Righteous

By: Chantal James

Narrated by: William DeMeritt

In 17th-century Peru, St. Martin de Porres was torn from his body after death. His bones were pillaged as relics, and his spirit was said to inhabit those bones.

Four centuries later, 19-year-old Ham is set adrift from his hometown of New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina. Hidden beneath his clothes, he wears his only valued possession: a pendant handed down from his foster mother, Miss Pearl. There’s something about the pendant that has always gripped him, and the curiosity of it has grown into a kind of comfort. When Ham finally embarks on a fraught journey back home, he seeks the answer to a question he cannot face: Is Miss Pearl still alive?

Ham travels from Atlanta to rural Alabama, and from one young woman to another, as he evades the devastation of what awaits him in New Orleans. Catching sight of a freedom he’s never known, he must reclaim his body and mind from the spirit who watches over him, guides him, and seizes possession of him.

©2022 Chantal James (P)2022 Dreamscape Media, LLC

Hauntingly beautiful writing

This isn’t a plot driven book, but more a tone and character driven book that feels deeply rooted in the mythology and magic. Read it less as a novel and more like a deeply meaningful dream that stays with you.

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Fascinating writing style crossed with a transcendent story. I was completely hooked till the end.