From the 2025 Canadian Book Club Awards winner, W.H. Bruce, comes the next tale in The Broken Chronicles series: Negotiation.
Some things in life we take on faith. In 1831, Father Martine started a journey in what is now known as Canada. Little did he realize it would bring him to the brink, but the brink of what? Life and death? His faith? Humanity's fate? Four decades later, the Catholic Church's place in geopolitics is overturned and in the scramble to salvage what pieces it can, long buried secrets must be protected. In the halls of power, secrets are the currency to advance or fall. Father Martine is a master but there are new players in the game. And all players can become pawns.
BookLife Prize on *Negotiation: "*Itfuses colonial horror and ecclesiastical thriller, [blending] historical realism with supernatural dread. It's a meditation on faith, empire, and sin that reimagines divine revelation as corruption...[distinguished by its] unique combination of theological myth and psychological horror. The novel's dual timeline—Father Martine's 1830s descent and Vincent Migneron's 1870s ascent—forms a mirrored structure of spiritual disintegration, with each arc culminating in satisfying revelation."
