What if a stranger walked 800 kilometres to save your soul?
A plane crash kills 127 people and leaves only one survivor. Anthony Auciello--known to the world as Tony Bird--is one of the most feared dealmakers on Wall Street and has everything money can buy, but among the dead are his mentor and closest colleagues. He walks away with no broken bones, but his life falls to pieces.
Haunted by survivor's guilt, stripped of his career, and drowning in grief, Anthony retreats to the Cayman Islands to disappear. Then a package arrives from Pamplona.
Inside is a parchment filled with Latin script that indicates a mysterious woman, Grace Land, has walked the legendary Camino de Santiago on his behalf to obtain a blessing for him. Compelled by a gesture he cannot explain, Anthony travels to Spain searching for answers.
As he walks across Spain and encounters other pilgrims who carry grief, love and hope in equal measure, Anthony learns the Camino's simplest, hardest lesson: you can't spreadsheet your way to redemption--you can only walk it. A river of grace runs through shared meals, mended blisters, whispered blessings, Camino traditions and the ancient practice of walking "for" another--turning footsteps into prayer.
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Perfect for readers who loved Wild, The Alchemist, The Shack, and Eat, Pray, Love.
Industry Reviews
What Early Readers Are Saying:
"A beautiful story of grief, forgiveness, and redemption that captures the true soul of the Camino de Santiago. I was swept away by the story and the people within it."
--Leigh Brennan, Host, The Camino Cafe Podcast
"An honest, tender account of the Camino that explores not just the road across Spain, but the landscape of the human heart. I truly loved it!"
--Dan Mullins, Host, My Camino: The Podcast
"I read parts of this novel through tears and other parts through laughter. Those who have walked the Camino will nod at every page. Those who haven't will start to dream about when they can do it."
--Johnniewalker Santiago, Author of Camino Guides and Spiritual Companions
"Rossi's agile and profoundly human prose invites us to discover that, very often, getting lost is the only way to find what truly matters."
- Alfredo Martnez Serrano, Ambassador of Spain to Canada