Sylvia Campos

The Seamstress of Whispers

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In the heart of the Andes, where ancient stones whisper forgotten tales, Rosa Mendoza, a seamstress whose nimble fingers weave the traditions of her ancestors, unearths a relic of immense power — a spindle gleaming with an unnatural light, spun from the echoes of lives long past.  It is the legacy of the Q'oya, mythical weavers said to mend the very fabric of reality.  Rosa, raised on the whispers of Andean folklore, feels an unsettling tremor in the unseen threads connecting past and present.
This discovery couldn't come at a more precarious time.  Mayor Esteban Medina, a charismatic leader with a shadowed past, commissions Rosa to create a tapestry celebrating Avani's history for the upcoming Festival of the Sun.  But Medina's vision is one of carefully crafted illusions, designed to erase the painful truths of colonial exploitation and secure his own power.
Unwittingly, Rosa weaves the spindle’s ethereal threads into the tapestry, transforming it into a living canvas, a mirror reflecting long-buried secrets.  Whispers of rebellion against the conquistadors, tales of stolen lands, and the silenced voices of the Q'oya themselves begin to emerge from the intricate patterns, threatening to unravel the fragile peace Medina so meticulously constructed.  As the tapestry nears completion, the village elders, guardians of the official narrative, brand Rosa a heretic.
Into this maelstrom arrives Emilia Parker, a young historian haunted by her own family’s lost connection to the Q’oya.  Drawn to the spindle’s power and the tapestry’s unsettling revelations, Emilia recognizes the truth in Rosa's work.  Together, these two women, one grounded in tradition, the other driven by logic, forge an unlikely alliance.  Guided by cryptic symbols woven into ancient textiles, they embark on a perilous journey into the heart of the Andes, seeking the full story of Avani.
But the spindle holds a power greater than they could imagine — the ability to reshape reality itself.  Rosa is faced with an impossible choice: weave a new reality built on comforting lies or embrace the chaotic beauty of truth, even if it shatters the fragile unity of her village.  Meanwhile, Medina, seeing the spindle as a tool for his ambition, closes in, his charm turning sinister, the price of silence becoming unbearably high.
As the Festival of the Sun approaches, the tapestry becomes a battleground between truth and illusion, the very threads of Avani’s history hanging in the balance.  Rosa must find the strength within herself to face the whispers of the past and weave a future of courage and resilience.  For in a world where history can be rewritten, the truth becomes the most powerful weapon of all.
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147 printed pages
Original publication
2024
Publication year
2024
Publisher
PublishDrive
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