The Unspoken Thread

By Colleen Wagner

David is still a boy when the world he knows begins to narrow around him, first through quiet exclusions and then through fear that seeps into every ordinary day. In Thessaloniki, where family, faith, and routine once felt immovable, the warning signs are easy to dismiss until they are no longer ignorable. When a single, desperate decision forces him to leave, he carries little with him beyond memory, instinct, and a stubborn will to survive.
Across borders and oceans, David must learn how to belong again, working, loving, and rebuilding himself in a city that offers opportunity but no guarantees. New relationships bring warmth and possibility, yet the past presses close, shaping choices in ways he does not always understand. Even as he creates a family and a future, identity, and silence remain unresolved.
Spanning decades and continents, The Unspoken Thread is a story of displacement and endurance, of the costs of survival, and of how identity is forged not only by what is lived through, but by what is carried forward, unspoken, into the next generation.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1913822761
• ISBN13: 9781913822767
• Release Date: May 2026
• Publisher: Fortis Publishing
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 0.7" x 5.0"