Somewhere Beyond The Fire

Description

Where hunger drives the body, and something older drives the soul.

Somewhere Beyond the Fire transports readers to a world scarred by war, poverty, and despair. Amid this bleak landscape, a fourteen-year-old boy flees home, only to be thrust into a dangerous journey along the rails and through forgotten towns. Accompanied by Boucher—a volatile drifter bound to a mysterious silver figurine—the boy is drawn into a realm where reality fractures and visions of demons, angels, and dark omens haunt every mile.

S.A. Baker blends gritty historical realism with supernatural dread, weaving a story that is as much about survival on the rails as it is about humanity’s struggle with temptation, belief, and the unknown. The boy’s encounters with vagabonds, predators, and prophetic strangers test not only his resolve, but also his understanding of what it means to endure in a world that has already lost its way.

Highlights include:

• A stark portrayal of Depression-era wanderers, freight-hopping, and life on the margins.
• The mysterious silver devil figurine, both curse and compass, luring men to visions beyond the veil.
• Boucher, a savior, madman, and possible murderer, whose fate is bound to the supernatural.
• Gothic, hallucinatory sequences that blur dream, nightmare, and reality.
• Themes of innocence lost, faith tested, and the terrible price of knowledge.

Lyrical, unsettling, and immersive, Somewhere Beyond the Fire expands the Winterbourne mythos with a tale that lingers like smoke and shadow—perfect for readers of gothic fantasy who crave stories where history and horror entwine.

Written by S.A. Baker