Best Indie Book Award Winner
A haunting tale of a son's love for his mother, and the terrible truths he must confront to save the family he holds dear.
From the multi-award-winning author of The Unholy and Goddess of the Wild Thing comes a haunting metaphysical thriller of family loyalty, religious power, and supernatural terror.In the mystic land of Aztlan del Norte, psychiatric healer Gabri l de LaTierra is drawn into the secrets surrounding the Orphanage of the Holy Innocents, where unsettling events and long-buried mysteries point toward something hidden beneath generations of religious devotion.
At the center of it all stands Mother Juana de la Cruz, Superior of the Nunnery and the Orphanage-and Gabri l's beloved mother.
For years, love and loyalty have shielded him from truths he does not want to see. But when his wife, Consuela, begins uncovering evidence of an ancient practice concealed within the desert's shadows, Gabri l finds himself caught between devotion to his mother and the growing realization that forces beyond his understanding may be at work.
As danger closes in around his family, Gabri l must decide where his loyalties truly lie. Will he have the courage to challenge everything he believes? And if he does, will he discover the truth in time to save those he loves?
Set against a landscape of mysticism, faith, and supernatural intrigue, Goddess of Everything is a haunting story about love, denial, power, and the price of awakening to the truth.