Healing Stone

Summer 1955, Burkesville, Kentucky. Seventeen-year-old Stone Molony discovers he can heal with his hands—a gift that leaves him briefly blind and questioning where such power comes from. As word spreads, Stone is thrust into the town's simmering racial tensions, a tragic assault, buried family secrets, and a corrupt lawman's crimes. A richly atmospheric coming-of-age tale of faith, prejudice, forgiveness, and the heavy price of playing God, told with folksy warmth and a dash of magical realism.

• A farm boy with miraculous healing hands set against the dawn of the Civil Rights movement—magical realism meets Southern historical drama.
• What is the cost of playing God? A gripping tale of a gift that can save lives but can't fix a broken world.
• Blends To Kill a Mockingbird-style racial reckoning with the wonder of a genuine miracle.
• A haunting coming-of-age story readers 'sneak back out after bedtime' to finish—part folk tale, part family tragedy.

“Live; yea, I said unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live.”

Perfect for a reader who loves atmospheric Southern historical fiction with a touch of the miraculous and themes of faith, race, and redemption—think fans of magical realism blended with civil-rights-era coming-of-age stories.