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"""Joe Edd Morris has honed a bullet aimed directly at the heart and soul of the reader."" -Peggy Webb, USA Today bestselling author of The Language of Silence ""Torched is a gripping novel of forbidden love, and friendship across racial divides."" -IndieReader Approved Torched finds Sam Ransom at his first pastoral appointment in Holmes County, Mississippi, in the summer of '64. At a civil rights rally, he is reunited with two friends from his childhood. His decision to join their efforts to rebuild a black church torched by nightriders sets all three on a collision course with the Klan and two grisly murders. The story is about interracial friendship and romance, the ultimate sacrifice, atonement and redemption."

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A magnificent tale of race and romance that speaks to us today more than ever. -Michael Hartnett, bestselling author of The Blue Rat Prose in the skilled hands of Joe Edd Morris is powerful, lyrical...almost like reading poetry. -Peggy Webb, USA Today bestselling author of The Language of Silence Joe Edd Morris is a lifelong Mississippian with a true gift of telling a good story. -Gerald Walton, author of The University of Mississippi: A Pictorial History

A highly recommended, riveting tale of interracial friendship and love and the challenges they incite, written with an authentic Southern flair. -Sublime Book Review Inspired by harrowing true events and real-life people, Torched is a must-read. -Best Thrillers A magnificent tale of race and romance that speaks to us today more than ever. -Michael Hartnett, bestselling author of The Blue Rat Prose in the skilled hands of Joe Edd Morris is powerful, lyrical...almost like reading poetry. -Peggy Webb, USA Today bestselling author of The Language of Silence Joe Edd Morris is a lifelong Mississippian with a true gift of telling a good story. -Gerald Walton, author of The University of Mississippi: A Pictorial History A riveting story set during Mississippi's Freedom Summer of 1964. -Joe Reiff, author of Born of Conviction

"2021 Maxy Award Finalist - Thriller 2020 NYC Big Book Award Distinguished Favorite - General Fiction As Seen in Strand Magazine ""A highly recommended, riveting tale of interracial friendship and love and the challenges they incite, written with an authentic Southern flair."" -Sublime Book Review ""Inspired by harrowing true events and real-life people, Torched is a must-read."" -Best Thrillers ""A magnificent tale of race and romance that speaks to us today more than ever."" -Michael Hartnett, bestselling author of The Blue Rat ""Prose in the skilled hands of Joe Edd Morris is powerful, lyrical...almost like reading poetry."" -Peggy Webb, USA Today bestselling author of The Language of Silence ""Joe Edd Morris is a lifelong Mississippian with a true gift of telling a good story."" -Gerald Walton, author of The University of Mississippi: A Pictorial History ""A riveting story set during Mississippi's Freedom Summer of 1964."" -Joe Reiff, author of Born of Conviction"

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Joe Edd Morris is the author of the novels Land Where My Fathers Died, The Last Page, The Prison and nonfiction works including Revival of the Gnostic Heresy: Fundamentalism and Ten Things I Wish Jesus Hadn't Said. His short fiction has appeared in literary journals with a nomination for the Pushcart Prize. Morris is a retired United Methodist minister and psychologist. He and his wife, Sandi, live in Tupelo, MS

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