In this episode of The Collective Cast, host Chris Damron asks author Inger E. Johnson a deceptively simple question: What is Veiled Halos about?
Veiled Halos: A Saga of Betrayal and Redemption is Johnson’s debut novel—a multigenerational historical family saga set in Colombia from the 1940s through the 2000s, with ties to Idaho. Three brothers. One family. A lifetime of truths bent, buried, and contested. The book follows inheritance in every sense: land, faith, grievance, memory, and the stories families tell in order to survive. Power in this world does not announce itself. It disguises itself as love, legality, and care.
Johnson walks listeners through the premise without giving the book away: the places that shape the story, the moral weight at its center, and the idea behind the title—that some halos are worn, others are lived, and some, in the end, are simply signed. This episode is the introduction for readers who want to know whether the novel is for them, and for listeners who want the story in the author’s own words.
Veiled Halos is available on Amazon. Learn more about Inger E. Johnson and her work at yourbookisinthere.com.
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