Killing Faith

Set in the brutal and superstitious frontier of the American West in the summer of 1859, Killing Faith is a chilling Western thriller that blurs the line between faith and science. A widowed physician, still haunted by personal loss, reluctantly agrees to escort a recently freed slave and her enigmatic Caucasian daughter on a perilous five-day journey to a remote town’s Faith Healer. The mother is convinced her child is possessed by a dark force; the doctor believes the girl suffers from a deadly and unknown illness he calls The Sickness. Yet as their journey unfolds across violent territory and hostile landscapes, a terrifying truth becomes impossible to ignore—every living thing the girl touches mysteriously dies. As fear, belief, and reason collide, survival may depend on accepting that some horrors defy explanation.

• Setting: The American West, Summer of 1859
• Genre: Thriller, Western
• Core Premise: Faith versus science in the face of the unexplainable
• Central Journey: A five-day trek across dangerous frontier lands
• Key Characters:
• A widowed physician guided by reason and skepticism
• A freed slave driven by faith and desperation
• A mysterious child feared as cursed or diseased
• Central Mystery: Everything the girl touches dies
• Themes: Faith, science, fear, superstition, and survival
• Tone: Dark, unsettling, and psychologically tense