Leo Evans is thirteen years old when he makes the mistake that destroys everything.

The Gift—the ability to commune with the dead through physical remains—was supposed to be sacred. Protected. Used only with permission and wisdom. But Leo is thirteen, curious, and convinced he can handle what his father, Darin, warned him against.

One communion. One dried flake of blood from a violent death. One moment of teenage arrogance.

That's all it takes.

Frank March was a serial killer who died frustrated, incomplete, robbed of the infamous death he craved. Now his consciousness has found a new body. A new chance. And Leo, trapped inside his own mind, can only watch in horror as Frank uses his hands, his voice, his face to hurt everyone Leo loves.

The violence escalates. The cruelty deepens. And when Frank commits the unforgivable—when Leo's own hands take a life that can never be returned—the family that has survived the impossible faces its greatest test.

Can love persist when the unsurvivable happens?

Can a family broken by possession find healing through forgiveness?

And can a teenage boy drowning in guilt for actions he didn't choose learn to believe he's still worth saving?

*The Broken Gift* is a dark, unflinching exploration of evil, agency, and the terrible price of forbidden knowledge. It's a story about a family that refuses to give up on each other, even when giving up would be easier. Even when hope seems impossible.

Some gifts, once broken, can never be the same.

But love—fierce, sacrificial, impossible love—might be strong enough to rebuild what evil shattered.