Burn Path by Shawn Goodman

“Stay on the path. Carry your burden. That is all.”
When Dom, a convicted murderer, awakens in a prison infirmary after a failed suicide attempt, he’s told he’s been chosen. For what, no one will quite say. But the next morning he’s shackled, loaded into a prison van, and driven deep into the mountains—where a secretive order of monks awaits.
His task? Walk the Path. A brutal, remote trail leading to a summit no one ever reaches.
Each walker carries a strange amber cube that seems to know them. It grows heavier with guilt, whispers their sins, and punishes those who try to set it down. One by one, the walkers disappear—burning from the inside out.
As Dom climbs higher, the voices from his cube intensify, forcing him to confront the darkest truths about himself, the crime that defined him, and the life he never thought he deserved to reclaim.
Burn Path is a raw, gripping novella about pun

Category: Science Fiction – Dystopian