UNCROSSED

The dead were never gone. They were unnamed. When genealogist Isaiah Cole helps a Virginia family identify an enslaved ancestor known only as Mother June, his research triggers something no archive, church, university, or government institution is prepared to explain. The woman appears. Then others do. Across America, ancestors erased by slavery begin returning when their identities and descendants are restored. Some seek children taken from them. Some want graves found, objects returned, and records opened. Others have waited too long for recognition to satisfy them. As families reunite with the dead and institutions are forced to confront what they preserved, concealed, or forgot, one restored ancestor begins asking a dangerous question: What is recognition worth without consequence? UNCROSSED is a supernatural horror novel about genealogy, memory, slavery, inheritance, revenge, and the terrifying power of finally being known.