The Verdict of Hades — Janvier Chouteu-Chando

Jeremiah is a sage with a job that many people envy, even though hardly anyone understands the true nature of the burden the occupation heaps on his soul. As the emissary of ancestors and divines, he thinks he is doing okay until he is tasked to shepherd the clueless Joseph to the afterlife.

Joseph needs a lifeline. His earlier life as the inheritor of a legacy that involved wealth, power and goodness has been tainted by his embrace of evil, which leaves death and grief in its path. He knows what he is about to face and thinks that Jeremiah, a man who always reserved a soft spot for him, is the only soul capable of preventing the verdict anyone could predict.

However, even Jeremiah knows the price to pay for defying the custodians of Hades -- but can he risk his soul to save a man who does not understand what salvation is all about?