{"product_id":"the-pilgrims-letter","title":"The Pilgrim's Letter","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e📕 LIMITED PREORDER - ESTIMATED SHIP DATE \u003cem\u003eJANUARY 20, 2027\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA limited run of books will be available on a first-come, first-served basis beginning October 1, 2026, with all copies shipped by January 20, 2027, so that readers receive their copies prior to the mass-market launch on February 1, 2027. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr color=\"#b69d78\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"launch\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0822\/7795\/7858\/files\/signature-edition_c046b9e0-90f6-4e68-9585-d6b200368131.png?v=1787080494\" alt=\"\" width=\"158\" height=\"198\" class=\"wrap\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"launch\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSignature Launch Edition:  \u003c\/strong\u003eA hand-numbered, blind-embossed, personally inscribed hardcover edition of \u003cem\u003eThe Pilgrim's Letter\u003c\/em\u003e, limited to only 99 copies. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEach copy contains a wax-sealed letter written by Matthieu, marked \"Read at the End\" — a private epilogue that appears in no other edition. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe ask that you honor the marking and open the letter only after reading \u003cem\u003eThe Pilgrim's Letter\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr color=\"#b69d78\"\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSome burdens are inherited. Some are borrowed. \u003cbr\u003eSome you carry so long you stop asking why.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn one pocket, Matthieu Dubois carries a letter his grandmother sealed in 1967. She meant to leave it at Cruz de Ferro, the iron cross where pilgrims set down what they have brought. She could not do it. For fifty-nine years the envelope was hidden away. Now ninety-two years old and out of road, she asks him to finish the one thing she never could.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn the other, a stone from a dead man's garden. Javier planned to walk the Via de la Plata from Seville to the sea. He died tragically before he could. His sister followed his notebook to Muxia, where she placed the stone in Matthieu's care. He said yes before he understood what he was agreeing to.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThere is also the burden Matthieu carries that no one gave him. He spent thirty-five years working in some of the world’s best kitchens and reached the top of his career in Geneva, only to realize he climbed the wrong mountain. He left it all behind, opened an inn at the edge of the world, and spent three years feeding pilgrims and seeing how the journey changed them.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHe convinced himself that watching others was enough, but the road would show him otherwise.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAt fifty-six, after a lifetime helping others on their journeys, Matthieu finally begins his own.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e \u003cem\u003eThe Pilgrim's Letter \u003c\/em\u003eis Book Two of The Camino Chronicles, a series about the roads we walk - and the ones we have been afraid to begin.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sacred Steps Books","offers":[{"title":"Signature Launch Edition","offer_id":48233580658914,"sku":null,"price":36.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48205421838562,"sku":null,"price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Personally Inscribed - Paperback","offer_id":48205421871330,"sku":null,"price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48205421904098,"sku":null,"price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Personally Inscribed - Hardcover","offer_id":48205421936866,"sku":null,"price":31.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Large Print Paperback","offer_id":48205421969634,"sku":null,"price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Personally Inscribed - Lg Print Paperback","offer_id":48205422002402,"sku":null,"price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0822\/7795\/7858\/files\/signature-edition.png?v=1787116925","url":"https:\/\/sacredstepsbooks.shop\/products\/the-pilgrims-letter","provider":"Sacred Steps Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}