The Name Beneath the Stone

Some secrets are older than memory.

In sixteenth-century France, the Simard family builds its life amid the vineyards and stone streets of Angoulême. But an old name, Lombrette, carries questions that no one wishes to answer.

As generations turn, what has been hidden may prove impossible to leave behind.

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What does a family choose to remember?

A name may be written in a record, carved into stone, or carried quietly from one generation to the next. But the truth behind it can be harder to find.

Set against the atmosphere of sixteenth-century France, the opening book introduces a family whose ordinary days are shadowed by questions that reach beyond a single lifetime. The series follows the echoes of those questions across an ocean and through generations.

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Family secrets

Discover the tension between what is spoken and what is passed down in silence.

A sense of place

History & atmosphere

Walk through a world of old stone, rural landscapes, and lives shaped by their time.

Across generations

An enduring mystery

Follow one family as its story continues beyond the first book.

Begin with the first book

An old name, an unanswered question, and a family whose story stretches beyond one lifetime.

The Name Beneath the Stone introduces the world of The Second Name. You can explore its setting and characters here, then visit the Amazon listing for current availability and purchase options.

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