What We Inherit

By Mario Cantin

What We Inherit is a literary novel about family, wealth, and the invisible systems that shape identity across generations.

Set inside an old, opulent household governed as much by legal trusts as by blood, the story follows Jake Ashberry, an adopted son offered a formal role within the family's financial and institutional machinery. To some, the position represents opportunity. To others, it marks a boundary between belonging and classification.

Through the quiet, perceptive lens of Emily - his younger sister - the novel explores inheritance not only as money, but as power, obligation, silence, and expectation. As tensions rise, the family is forced to confront the difference between stability and justice, loyalty and choice, structure and love.

Blending intimate family drama with larger questions about wealth, authority, and moral agency, What We Inherit is a story about what we are given - and what we decide to carry forward.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GW1CDLVD
• ISBN13: 9798233847066
• Release Date: March 2026
• Publisher: Mario Cantin
• Length: 514 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"