What if the very rituals you trust to heal your deepest pain ended up tearing your family apart? Would you keep believing, or would you finally question everything? Roy Stephen Kunnel BEM forces you to face this raw question in his powerful novel Rusted Rituals Retaliate.
When Sacred Rules Break a Father’s Heart
In a quiet Kerala village, Chacko carries his teenage daughter’s coffin on his shoulder. Tears fill his eyes. He shortens every step to steal a few more seconds with her. His wife sobs uncontrollably and collapses in despair. Their young sons cling to each other, too small to understand yet old enough to feel the world break. But the priest demands speed. “We must bury the dead before the sun disappears,” he insists. Church trustees enforce strict rules about the final kiss and the grave’s position. They pull the grieving family away while Chacko cries out against an “indifferent God.” The rituals that should bring comfort only deepen the wounds.
Later, another family faces the same cold system. When community activist Benny Mathew dies, his widow fights for a proper Christian burial in the family vault. Strict rules about sacraments stand in her way. The church debates while a widow and her children bleed with pain.
Traditions That Turn Against You
Kunnel shows how blind faith in rigid rituals can destroy families. When people twist sacred practices for control, power or outdated tradition, they rust and eventually retaliate. The novel does not attack belief. It simply reveals the human cost when rituals lose their heart.
Roy Stephen Kunnel BEM writes from real life. A respected community leader in Swindon, UK, he received the British Empire Medal for uniting people from all backgrounds. He has walked alongside grieving families and knows how rituals can heal or quietly destroy.
Your Honest Answer Awaits
Would you still believe the same way if your rituals destroyed your family? This gripping story makes you examine your own faith with fresh eyes. Do your traditions serve love and compassion? Or have they become empty rules that hurt the people they should protect?
Read Rusted Rituals Retaliate by Roy Stephen Kunnel BEM today. Let its powerful tale challenge you. Discover whether your rituals truly bring peace or demand a price no family should pay.