When justice fails, women won't wait

Come Join the Circle

Requiem follows investigative journalist Tavika Washo as she confronts the final truth about a man the world once revered. Jeffrey Franklin is gone, vanished without explanation, leaving behind prayer vigils, loyal followers, and a carefully constructed legacy of faith, power, and silence.

From her family home on the Red Rock Paiute Reservation, Tavika begins writing the story she has avoided for years. What starts as a reckoning with one man’s rise and disappearance becomes a deeper investigation into the systems that shaped him. Religion weaponized to excuse abuse. Politics entangled with money. Communities taught to look away in the name of belief.

As Tavika traces the arc of Jeffrey’s life, from gifted young athlete to charismatic religious figure, she uncovers a pattern that extends far beyond a single predator. Requiem is not just about what he did, but about who enabled him, who benefited, and who paid the price.

This novel serves as both prequel and counterpoint to Reckoning, illuminating the origins of the power structures the Circle exists to dismantle. It is a story about complicity, moral courage, and the cost of telling the truth when silence has been sanctified.