The Pilgrim's Letter - Sacred Steps Books

The Pilgrim's Letter

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📕 LIMITED PREORDER - ESTIMATED SHIP DATE JANUARY 20, 2027

A limited run of books will be available on a first-ordered basis beginning October 1, 2026, with all copies shipped by January 20, 2027, so that readers receive their copies before it is available on Amazon or in stores on February 1, 2027. 

 

PRE-ORDER DATES

Oct 2, 2026  Signature Launch Edition (Limited to 99 copies) 
Oct 9, 2026  Personally Inscribed Hardcovers & Hardcovers
Oct 16, 2026  Personally Inscribed Paperbacks & Paperbacks
Oct 23, 2026  Personally Inscribed Large Print & Large Print

 

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Signature Launch Edition:  Limit 99 Copies
A hand-numbered, blind-embossed, personally inscribed hardcover edition of The Pilgrim's Letter, limited to only 99 copies. 

Each copy contains a wax-sealed letter written by Matthieu, marked "Read at the End" — a private epilogue that appears in no other edition. 

We ask that you honor the marking and open the letter only after reading The Pilgrim's Letter.

 


Some burdens are inherited. Some are borrowed.
Some you carry so long you stop asking why.

In one pocket, a letter his grandmother sealed in 1967. She planned to lay it at Cruz de Ferro, the iron cross where pilgrims leave the burdens they can no longer hold; she could not set it down. For fifty-nine years, she kept it hidden in a linen closet. Now ninety-two and out of road, she asks him to finish the one thing she never could.

In the other pocket, a stone from a dead man’s garden, pressed into his hands by a grieving sister at the end of her own long walk. He said yes before he understood what he was agreeing to.

Behind him, thirty-five years in the world’s finest kitchens, a summit reached in Geneva, and the quiet reckoning of a man who realized he had climbed the wrong mountain. He walked away from all of it, opened a house at the edge of the world, and spent three years feeding pilgrims and watching them leave changed.

He told himself watching was enough. Now at fifty-six, Matthieu Dubois finally walks his own road.

The Pilgrim’s Letter debuts on February 1, 2027, in paperback, hardcover, large print, and personally inscribed editions.



The Pilgrim's Letter is Book Two of The Camino Chronicles, a series about the roads we walk - and the ones we have been afraid to begin.

Hi, I'm Kevin Donahue. 

Back in 2019 I started walking pilgrimage routes across Europe, the UK, and the U.S.  I was drawn to the time it provided for introspection and the shaing that takes place among pilgrims from across the globe. 

When I'm not writiing, I also host the Sacred Steps Podcast, where I chat with fellow pilgrims about their experiences. The big thing I've learned? The best journeys aren't about the miles. They're about the people you meet and the lives you get to touch along the way.

My first novel, The Pilgrim's Table, hit #1 New Release and #1 Best Seller on Amazon for Religious Travel, which still feels a little surreal. Drawn from my walks, its the story of five pilgrims on the Camino de Santiago who end up sharing a meal on Spain's westernmost coast. Dinner starts out polite, then turns into laughter, confessions, and unexpected grace. Through the evening they find they've all been wrestling with the same question: not what have you done? but who are you becoming? By sunrise, they each begin to see that the hardest part of the journey isn't the walking... it's what comes next.

The second book in the Camino Chronicles series, The Pilgrim's Letter, will debut in February 2027, with book three landing by December 2027.

I live on Florida's Gulf Coast with my wife, our son, and our two beagles, Otis and Larry (who probably think every evening is a pilgrimage too!)

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The Camino Chronicles Series

The Pilgrim's Table

SERIES: BOOK ONE

A Camino de Santiago novel about five pilgrims, one dinner, and the honest conversation that changes everything.

For readers of The School of Essential Ingredients, The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, The Five People You Meet in Heaven, and Theo of Golden. 

It’s a story about the challenges we carry, the questions we haven’t answered, and the strangers who sometimes see us best.

The Pilgrim's Hearth

SERIES: PREQUEL NOVELLA

Before the table, a hearth was kindled.

Matthieu Dubois reached the summit of his profession and found nothing there worth keeping. A decorated chef in Geneva, he caught sight of his own face in a sheet of polished steel one bad night and understood he had climbed the wrong mountain.

His grandmother, who walked the Camino in her youth, sends him to Spain with a few quiet words and her trusted kitchen knife. He goes to watch the pilgrims arrive, with no intention of becoming one.

What he finds at the end of the road is a cold parish house on a granite spit, a hundred-year-old table that has heard every word a village ever needed to say, and a hearth that has not been lit in years.

The Pilgrim’s Hearth is the story of the man who relit it.

From Kevin Donahue, author of The Pilgrim’s Table, a Camino Chronicles prequel novella.

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The Real Pilgrimage Route at the Heart of The Pilgrim's Table

Beyond the novel lies the real Camino de Santiago. Discover the history, traditions, and enduring spirit of one of the world’s greatest pilgrimage routes as you follow the paths that inspiredThe Pilgrim’s Table. Explore the Camino Francés, Camino Portugués, Camino del Norte, Via de la Plata, Camino Primitivo, and other historic routes across France, Spain, and Portugal to Santiago de Compostela, Finisterre, and Muxía. Learn about pilgrim passports (credenciales), albergues, scallop shells, Cruz de Ferro, pilgrim blessings, cathedral traditions, and the culture that has drawn walkers for more than a thousand years. Whether you are planning your first Camino pilgrimage, preparing to walk to Santiago de Compostela, or reliving a life-changing journey, this companion offers authentic insight into the people, places, history, and spiritual heritage behindThe Pilgrim’s Table.
Five Reasons To Read a Pilgrimage Book - Even if You're Not a Pilgrim

The Pilgrims’ Table is born from Spain’s legendary Camino de Santiago, but it is not simply a “Camino novel.” It is a story about grief, addiction, loneliness, hope, and the extraordinary way strangers sometimes see us best.

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Why The Pilgrim’s Table Belongs at Your Book Club’s Table

Great novels give book clubs a silence between the questions, something to carry home, something to come back to. It is, after all, a novel about a small group of people sitting around a table.

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