Advanced Reader Team
Dust and Mercy releases August 7, 2026 — and I need readers.
If you love literary fiction, Appalachian stories, or books that don't look away from the hard things, I'd love to put this novel in your hands before it hits shelves.
What you receive: A free advance copy of Dust and Mercy in your preferred format — PDF or ePub.
What we ask in return: An honest review posted to Amazon on or around the release date of August 7, 2026. You're also welcome to post on Goodreads, social media, or anywhere else you share books — but Amazon is the only requirement.
What this book is: Set in a 1959 Appalachian valley, Dust and Mercy follows Eli McKinnon, a third-generation farmer whose land, community, and faith are all tested when a boundary dispute and a roadside beating force Hollow Ridge into a reckoning it has spent years avoiding.
For readers of Gilead by Marilynne Robinson and Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver.
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