The Cowbird's Song

By Markko

A story of faith, deception and the terrible cost of secrets.

In "The Cowbird's Song," award winning author Joe Markko draws you into 1795 England where a small society of Methodists known as the Shiloh Covenant board the good ship Aurora with hymnbook courage and a covenant stitched tight as sailcloth.

From that bold beginning rises Shiloh Mills, a town carved into the Appalachian Mountains of West Virginia. Across generations, its people mark life by the rhythm of devotion-river baptisms, candlelit weddings, weathered funerals and the hard, holy labor of those who believe God is present in the ordinary work of human hands.

But every sanctuary has a shadow.

A single heart, quietly unmoored, nurtures a monstrous religious delusion, hiding it behind Scripture. When the righteous begin to call evil good, devotion becomes camouflage, trust becomes a weapon, and innocence becomes prey. In this sweeping blend of historical fiction, suspense and young adult intensity, one secret threatens to rot the very covenant that built an entire town.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GZY435MY
• ISBN13: 9798234040442
• Release Date: August 2026
• Publisher: Home Before Midnight, LLC
• Length: 532 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"