Sam Mercer
Stories about people who come from the very bottom.
A word before you browse
I write about people who start from the very bottom — because I believe where you come from is not a verdict. A boy on the Porthaven docks. An orphan in the back streets of Bayonne. If you are looking for a story that will cost you a few nights of sleep, you are in the right place.
Morel
Rise. Share what you can. Never forget who you started for.
A starving orphan walks out on the Church when he sees through its hypocrisy — and turns an abandoned garden into a trading empire that brings ordinary people food at prices they can afford. Three powerful men of Bayonne decide he must not exist — and Morel fights back. A warm, defiant rags-to-riches saga from the French Basque Country.
Porthaven Boy
Some places stay with you. Some choices change everything.
A boy from a damp harbour town who could never read a book — but could read people — rises from nothing to an empire. A sweeping saga about ambition, origins and the price of success.
Some places never let you go. The trick is deciding what you take with you.