The Fifth Lantern

<p><strong>A lighthouse. A lantern. A truth buried beneath centuries of silence.</strong></p><p>In the shadowed marshlands of 1939 coastal South Carolina <em>Samuel Raines</em>-a blind reclusive Black lighthouse keeper-stumbles upon an ancient lantern washed ashore after a brutal storm. But this is no ordinary relic. It whispers. It remembers. It reveals visions of a past the world tried to forget.</p><p>As Samuel unravels the lantern's secrets he is drawn into a hidden history of rebellion blood and bravery-told through the eyes of his own ancestors. Teaming up with <em>Naomi Ellis</em> a determined schoolteacher searching for her heritage Samuel follows a map encoded in fire and memory to uncover the last of the Five Lanterns-each forged by enslaved hands to preserve truths the world meant to erase.</p><p>But powerful enemies are watching. The Order of Clean Light has already destroyed four of the lanterns and they'll stop at nothing to silence the fifth.</p><p><strong>What begins as a discovery becomes a battle-for history for legacy and for the soul of a nation.</strong></p><p><strong>A richly woven tale of historical fantasy mystery and spiritual resistance </strong><em><strong>The Fifth Lantern</strong></em><strong> is a haunting journey into the power of memory-and the light that never dies.</strong></p>