Des Wallace
Jean-Baptiste and Marie
A mythology rendered in the tradition of the African diaspora. Love, a magical staff, and a destiny that demands more than expected — rooted in Haitian and West African spiritual tradition.
About the Book
Love is the beginning. Sacrifice is the destination.
Jean-Baptiste sets off in search of love and returns with a magical staff — and a destiny that demands more than he expected to give. Part love story, part spiritual allegory, Jean-Baptiste and Marie draws from Haitian and West African spiritual tradition to tell a story about bravery, sacrifice, and what it means to serve something larger than yourself. A richly imagined entry into the Black Atlantic mythological tradition.
Reader Experience
What this book gives you.
It doesn’t read like mythology. It reads like memory — the kind that carries a people’s longing across water and time. Jean-Baptiste and Marie gives you story as spiritual technology: a framework for bravery, sacrifice, and the decision to serve something larger than ambition alone.
For the reader who wants myth that earns its weight — not in distance, but in the intimate, the sacrificial, the true. For anyone drawn to the Black Atlantic mythological tradition and the wisdom it carries about love, duty, and what we owe the world that made us.
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