The Penitent: Part I

by A. Keith Carreiro, Hollis Machala

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Pub Date Aug 18 2019 | Archive Date Jan 05 2024

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Christian | Sci Fi & Fantasy

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Description

A baby is born and placed in his dead mother's arms. When the funeral shroud is cast over her, his father decides to name his son Pall. It will soon become a name that strikes a shiver into the hearts of those who hear it in combat.

A lone survivor on a battlefield many years later, Pall dazedly recovers from the wounds of war. Despite the dead cast about him, everything he looks upon is unfamiliar to him. Wandering away from this scene of carnage, he encounters John Savage, a giant of a man who puts Pall within the sight of Savage's seven-foot, nocked longbow.

What ensues from this deadly encounter is an elusive journey for truth. Yet, it is haunted not just by a ravening demon that is out to destroy Pall and John, but by the vision of a startling beautiful young woman protecting Pall from afar.

A baby is born and placed in his dead mother's arms. When the funeral shroud is cast over her, his father decides to name his son Pall. It will soon become a name that strikes a shiver into the...

Advance Praise

“It is rare to encounter books that keep a reader’s interest from start to finish. This is one such book. It kept me spellbound, and I was interested in knowing what the next page would bring… This book deserves to be remade into a movie. It is that good.”

— Judith Donald (July 5, 2022), Online Book Club

This book feels like a throwback to a forgotten era—the era of fantasy adventure books written with a role‒playing theme. It has such a varied array of mythical creatures that avid fantasy novel followers will fall in love with it. I daresay it can grow its own fan base, starting with this piece.”

— That Reviewer (November 12, 2021), Online Book Club

“The Penitent is a suspenseful story filled with action and adventure. Author A. Keith Carreiro has penned a beautiful novel with an array of unusual characters, both real and imagined.”

— Natalie Soine, Readers’ Favorite

"Readers will relish in the uniqueness and risks that The Penitent: Part I takes. Carreiro ties in spiritual language with fantastical elements to create a one-of-a-kind book that defies tropes and places The Penitent: Part I in a league of its own. Thrilling and filled to the brim with action, The Penitent: Part I is an exciting beginning to this fantasy series.”

— Editorial Review, The Book Review Directory

“The Penitent: Part I is an emotional rollercoaster of a story that looks at both sides of life. It shows how hope and despair can easily be a part of one’s fate when one has little control.”

— Editorial Review, Literary Titan