In a quiet Quaker settlement on the edge of the Pennsylvania wilderness, obedience is law and silence is survival. Susanna grew up in a world shaped by faith, family, and simple certainties, until the respected elder Cromwell began to take a dangerous interest in her. Beneath the colony's calm surface, whispers of sin and judgment gather like storm clouds. When Susanna is cast out in disgrace, she is forced into a harsh and unforgiving world far from the safety she once knew. There she gives birth to Perceval, a child marked from the beginning; enormous, unnatural, and feared by all who see him. Hidden away from society and raised in secrecy, Perceval grows into a creature both feared and loved, bound by devotion of the mother who sacrificed everything to bare him. But violence has a long memory. A dark tale of faith, betrayal, and revenge, Perceval explores how cruelty creates monsters and how love can survive even in the shadows.
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