{"product_id":"rectified-the-birthing-paperback","title":"Rectified: The Birthing - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKris Michael McKenna\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eK. A. Plouffe\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRectified: The Birthing\u003c\/em\u003e is the second book in the \u003cem\u003eRectified\u003c\/em\u003e saga, a multigenerational gothic horror epic spanning 1888 to 2019. Though published after \u003cem\u003eThe Recollection\u003c\/em\u003e, this prequel reveals the foundational tragedy that creates the Rectifier and sets the entire series in motion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTHE ORIGIN\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1889, a newborn boy is abandoned in the Michigan wilderness. Cuthbert Willem, a reclusive blacksmith, discovers him and raises him in isolation. The boy-Josef-possesses inexplicable power: superhuman strength that emerges when danger strikes. Cuthbert guards this secret fiercely, knowing exposure means death.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor twenty years, Josef grows in ignorance of his true nature, his bloodline, and the supernatural entities hunting him. He knows only work, prayer, and a mysterious pendant bearing Saint Sebastian's image. When Cuthbert ages, he makes an agonizing choice: place Josef in the Diocese of Marquette, the only institution that might understand what he is.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTHE TRAP\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the diocese, Josef meets Father Erasmus-a charismatic priest who becomes his mentor and guide. What Josef doesn't know is that Erasmus has orchestrated everything. Every piece is positioned with deliberate precision: the contracts, the camps, the arrival of a young woman named Marybeth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eErasmus serves ancient forces far older than the Church. He is building toward a ritual that will transform Josef into something unprecedented: a fusion of sacred and profane, human and demon. A weapon. A slave. The Rectifier.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTHE COST\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Josef meets Marybeth at Easter service, he experiences love for the first time-genuine, consuming, desperate. She is kind and beautiful and seemingly innocent. She is also part of the trap.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMarybeth's pregnancy becomes a crucible. Josef's love becomes a liability. His faith becomes the instrument of his enslavement. As summer approaches in 1919, the village grows suspicious. Sarah Clarke, a woman scorned years earlier, becomes the instrument of exposure. The Knights of Flauros converge. The binding ritual approaches.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn July 15th, chosen for its cosmic significance, everything culminates in fire, blood, and transformation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTHE ARCHITECTURE OF DAMNATION\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Birthing\u003c\/em\u003e is a meditation on how good intentions become pathways to destruction. It explores how isolation breeds vulnerability, how love can be weaponized, how faith itself can become a cage. The Upper Peninsula becomes a character: forests, harsh winters, isolated towns where the supernatural bleeds through.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is horror that prioritizes emotional truth alongside supernatural terror. A tragedy disguised as a ghost story. A love story corrupted by cosmic machinery. A coming-of-age narrative twisted into darkness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor readers who loved \u003cem\u003eMexican Gothic\u003c\/em\u003e or \u003cem\u003eThe Haunting of Hill House\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Birthing\u003c\/em\u003e offers atmospheric, literary horror grounded in historical detail-complex characters caught in impossible situations, slow-burn dread building to catastrophe, exploration of faith and the cost of belief.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is where the century-long curse begins. This is how the weapon was forged. This is the tragedy that echoes through generations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 600\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.33 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 23, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49377505280139,"sku":"9781969343063","price":41.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0670\/2579\/7259\/files\/MFq7pJH9D69781969343063.webp?v=1789620777","url":"https:\/\/thetaletrade.com\/products\/rectified-the-birthing-paperback","provider":"The Tale Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}