Alchemy of the Wound: Field Manual for the Body

By Martin Lepage

Alchemy of the Wound: Field Manual for the Body follows a boy who grows up in a home that looks calm, yet feels unsafe. Rules change. Care comes and goes. Some things happen, then get pushed aside as if they were small. He learns fast that silence can be a shelter, and that a smile can hide fear.

To stay whole, he builds a way to live day by day. He reads rooms. He reads tones. He learns what a place lets you do, and what it takes from you. He makes small habits that help him keep his head clear and his body steady. Over time, those habits turn into a kind of craft.

As he gets older, he meets new kinds of harm. Some of it is loud. Some of it is calm and neat. Some of it wears good words like a mask. He learns to see what is true, even when no one wants to say it out loud. He learns how to hold a line.

This is a story of how a self is made. Not all at once. By steps. By choice. By will.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GSGK5X7M
• ISBN13: 9798251887488
• Release Date: March 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 306 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"