Before I Was Human, I Knew Mercy

Published Novel · Released August 5, 2026

In Before I Was Human, I Knew Mercy, a wandering soul is sent back to Earth again and again through the bodies of animals, experiencing humanity from the creatures forced to live beneath it.

Across lives filled with hunger, love, captivity, fear, cruelty, and unexpected kindness, Soul begins to question whether becoming human is truly something to aspire to. With every death and rebirth, the meaning of mercy becomes harder to define, until Soul must decide not simply what it wants to become, but whether becoming anything at all is worth the cost.

Written by J.R. Allen