In this episode of The Collective Cast, host Chris Damron talks with author Inger E. Johnson about a structural choice at the heart of her debut novel: why put three generations in one book?
Veiled Halos: A Saga of Betrayal and Redemption follows one family across decades—Colombia from the 1940s through the 2000s, with ties to Idaho. Three brothers. One household. Land, faith, grievance, and memory passed down as inheritance. Johnson did not split the story into a series. She built it as a single saga so readers could see how truths bent in one generation become the stories the next generation lives inside.
This conversation examines that decision. Why three generations belong in the same volume. What is lost when a family story is cut short. How time, place, and buried history only reveal their full weight when the children and grandchildren are on the page with the people who first chose silence, loyalty, or power disguised as care.
Veiled Halos is available on Amazon. Learn more about Inger E. Johnson and her work at yourbookisinthere.com.
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