Gus Jordan

Grieving Heaven, a novel by Gus Jordan — book cover

Cover by Andrew Jordan

On sale October 2026

On the day Anna Torres was born, three people died in her Vermont town — including her mother.

Fifteen years later, a warning sends her searching to understand those deaths, and into a mystery that reaches far beyond her small town, straight into the path of Lyra Banks, the most dangerous woman Anna will ever meet.

Lyra was seventeen, smart, angry, and craving control, when a strange gift pulled her into the Forum, a hidden realm where nine gods shape the fabric of reality. Twenty years later, she is something else entirely: ruthless, formidable, and determined to unmake the one god who would stop her.

That god is Avvea, who created Earth — fragile, emergent, alive with a risk the Forum has never allowed. Now, watching Anna and Lyra circle each other, Avvea can see what’s coming.

She has the power to stop it.

She will not.

Grieving Heaven is the story of three women bound by loss and love. One who created the world, one who tried to conquer it, and one who must risk her own life to redeem it. A meditation on power, grief, and grace.

Advance Praise

“Anna, a compelling presence throughout Gus Jordan’s novel, asks Avvea, another captivating character in the story, ‘Is it worth it, when all is said and done?’ I won’t reveal her answer but will say Grieving Heaven is worth the read from beginning to end—worth the time when all is said and done. The characters become real as their struggles and pursuits mimic our own, their successes and failure too. I was entertained and also found something of myself in their decision making and choices. When the story ended I wanted more.”
Roger Marum, author of Faith Doubt and Listening: Lessons Learned By a Reluctant Disciple, Seasons of a Psychotherapist’s Soul, and Jesus and the Shrink (due early 2027)

Details

  • Format: Paperback · eBook
  • ISBN (Paperback): 979-8-9974739-0-7
  • ISBN (eBook, wide): 979-8-9974739-1-4
  • On Sale: October 2026

Published by Marble Works Press, Middlebury, Vermont.