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Stories about the lives we build, the truths we inherit, and the courage to step into the unknown.
A NOVEL OF MAGICAL REALISM“A highly creative take on a spiritual awakening.”KIRKUS REVIEWS ↗
The path appears when
you take the first step.
Noble Manning has built his life around certainty. Then, one night, his daughter calls. The family key her grandmother gave her is glowing.
In Cedar Springs, Massachusetts, buried memories, old journals, and impossible events begin to ripple through town. Father and daughter find themselves on opposite sides of one question: protect the life they built, or uncover what their family was entrusted to face?
A novel about legacy, identity, grief, and the courage to step into the unknown.
A practical life.
An unexpected awakening.
Mitch Russo is an entrepreneur, award-winning landscape photographer, and author of Sacred Crossroads.
After years spent building businesses, he began exploring a different question: what happens when the life you have mastered no longer fits the person you are becoming?
That personal journey became the foundation for a novel about change, inheritance, and learning to trust what comes next.
More about Mitch’s writing journey +
“I set out to write more than just another fiction book. After drafting about 30,000 words, I realized the story wasn’t what I truly wanted to create. So, I began again, inspired and guided by rereading The Alchemist.”
“That book helped me find the right form: a parable that reflects the awakening people go through, deeply rooted in my own personal journey.”
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“Earnest, peculiar, emotionally open, and far more vulnerable than most debut novels are willing to be.”California Gazette · quoted in the press kit
“What I liked most is that the novel treats transformation as both magical and deeply human.”Literary Titan · quoted in the press kit
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