In Echoes of the Eternal: Love and Loss in the Shadows of the Vatican, Amulya Mishra crafts a profoundly emotional and atmospheric tale set amidst the hallowed corridors and spectral ruins of Vatican City. The novel weaves together multiple intertwined lives—each touched by love, guilt, and the search for redemption: Isabella, a widow haunted by her husband's ghost, discovers a mysterious letter that rekindles her hope and reveals a truth buried beneath the Vatican's ancient stones. Father Lucio, a priest burdened by the death of his child, wrestles with his faith as apparitions challenge his belief in divine mercy. Marco, a destitute poet guided by a ghostly muse, must find his voice amidst the city's forgotten alleys, where the boundary between life and death blurs. Sister Eliana, torn between faith and fear, becomes the vessel through which lost souls seek healing — and the truth behind their eternal unrest. As the living and the dead converge, each must face their own shadows. Love becomes the only light strong enough to pierce the darkness, binding their fates in a timeless struggle between despair and hope. Richly poetic and deeply human, Echoes of the Eternal explores the fragile intersection of faith, love, mortality, and the redemptive power of compassion. It is both a ghost story and a spiritual journey — a meditation on what it means to be haunted by what we love most.