A novel · OJ Hernández

The Mantle and the Wound

Inspired by true events. This is a work of fiction.

A church. A successor. A truth that came too late.

What happens when a man inherits more than a position? When loyalty, silence, faith, and truth collide, the consequences reach far beyond the pulpit. The Mantle and the Wound follows one Southern church through a delayed succession, an accusation that never received a clean verdict, and a young man who comes back asking for the story that was withheld from him.

The 7 Questions companion is a place to sit with the story. It is not a curriculum and not a summary of the novel.