The Broken Bridge: A Christian Allegory (The Bridge Chronicles Book 1)

A people divided. A love that refuses to give up. A bridge only sacrificial love can build.

For seven long years, the island of Onida has been torn apart. Fidel waits on one shore, separated from Verita—the wife he loves—by a gulf no one can cross. Every night at sunset, they send signals of hope across the darkness, believing that love can outlast even the deepest separation.

When a series of well-meaning builders attempt to restore the bridge, each effort fails. Knowledge, ritual, law, service, and self-improvement all promise a way forward, but none can heal the brokenness at the island’s core. Every attempt collapses into ruin.

Then a mysterious man named Geshriel appears—a carpenter whose presence brings peace, wisdom, and a love unlike anything the island has ever known. As he enters their suffering, confronts their despair, and carries the weight no one else can bear, a new kind of bridge begins to take shape—one built not with stones or timber, but with sacrifice.

When tragedy strikes, the island believes hope is lost. But on the third day, whispers begin to rise... and the truth of Geshriel’s mission becomes clearer than ever.

A powerful allegory of the gospel and the love that spans every divide—Book 1 of the Bridge Trilogy—for readers longing for a story of hope, redemption, and the One who calls us by name.