"A car rolled by, silent as a ghost. Yellow and blue waves churned in its wake, like the ocean catching fire under an impossible sunrise. Then I heard the colors."


Enter Redemption City at the moment perception begins to slip.

This exclusive excerpt from Ceremony of Fire follows Sage Ashbrook through a strange, playful, and unsettling stretch of Red C, where reality bends at the edges, grief moves quietly through everyday life, and moments of wonder surface in the most unlikely places.

Featuring Chapters 24 through 26 of the novel, this standalone sequence introduces the Hub, the Crusher, and a fractured community of seekers, skeptics, and survivors — all orbiting the unanswered question of a missing woman named Megan.

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"Ceremony of Fire"

by C. D. Lawrence