The reckoning happened in Boston.Lake Como was where the truth waited.Momo Serafini survived both. He disappeared, believing the battle was finally over.In this Boston-set literary crime thriller, one family's buried history becomes the weapon that could destroy its future.Momo and Kim have endured more loss than most couples face in a lifetime. They are determined to build the ordinary life they were never supposed to have. They are young enough to think surviving the impossible means the future will finally keep its promises.But Boston has a long memory. Someone has been waiting for Momo to return, and they know the one thing he has never been able to protect himself from.Momo has spent a lifetime protecting everyone he loves, standing beside friends when no one else would and carrying burdens that were never his to bear. This time, the people hunting him have finally learned that's exactly where to strike.A shadow network known as the New Sedition emerges from the Serafinis' buried history. They do not see them as a family. They see them as unfinished business. As threats close in across Boston and beyond, Momo is forced to confront a historical conspiracy spanning two continents and generations, one that threatens everyone connected to his name.For FBI Special Agent Molly Beauregard, the investigation becomes a battle of conscience. The deeper she digs, the harder it becomes to separate justice from loyalty. And the closer she gets to the Serafinis, the more she risks losing everything she has built.How much of yourself are you willing to give away for the people you refuse to leave behind?The Sieve: A Seed from the Ashes is a literary crime thriller and multigenerational family saga rich with Boston atmosphere, historical intrigue, and emotionally layered characters. It explores the quiet courage of ordinary people who refuse to abandon one another, even when history gives them every reason to, and asks whether history must always have the final word.The second novel in The Sieve series, A Seed from the Ashes can be read as a standalone story.
