Echoes of Before

In the mist-covered hills of Appalachia lies Brakesville, a town shaped as much by what it remembers as by what it refuses to name. Generations have learned to live quietly here, carrying inherited silences and unspoken histories that cling to the land like fog.

When a child begins to echo truths that do not belong to him, the fragile balance of Brakesville starts to shift. Echoes of Before: Lester’s Story is a slow-burn Appalachian gothic novel about memory, legacy, and the cost of looking away—where the past presses close, and the land itself refuses to forget.