He Burns By The River

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)><em>Author of The Princess of Thornwood Drive Khalia Moreau returns with a Cain and Abel retelling set in post-colonial Trinidad in which family rivalry drives one brother on a desperate quest to save-yet possibly damn-his older sibling.</em></strong></p><p></p><p><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The Dead Live In Sapo. And They Will Claim A Soul Come Hell or High Water</em><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)><em>.</em></strong></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>When sixteen-year-old Roran's saintly and light-skinned older brother falls ill in 1963 Trinidad people in his village Sapo blame obeah. Blaming dark sorcery the same kind believed to have sunk the southern half of Sapo thirty years prior is ludicrous to Roran. He's a boy of science and his brother is just ill albeit the doctors aren't quite sure with what.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>But when Roran hears the cries of those who died in southern Sapo he seeks out Father Basdeo a man rumored to have eyes that can see the living and the dead. Father Basdeo explains to Roran that Roran has the eyes on him too and only Roran can save his brother by communing with the spirits. He just needs to put his jealousy aside and risk the one thing most people in his village would never dare risk-having his soul trapped in Sapo's sunken side.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>A historical horror-fantasy set in post-colonial Trinidad </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>He Burns By The River </em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>explores themes of colorism and racism while incorporating folklore and culture unique to the Caribbean. And it just might keep you up at night.</span></p><p></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Come wade in the murky waters of Sapo if you dare.</strong></p><p></p>