Walkers
"Some gifts are passed down. Some are carried alone."
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Logline
Across generations of gifted women who can 'walk' the dead to the other side, a forbidden love on a pre-Civil War Louisiana plantation and her present-day descendant must each reckon with the cost of a sacred calling that grows stronger, and lonelier, with every soul they carry.
Synopsis
Walkers is the story of a family of strong women born with a God-given ability to escort the dead across to the other side, to 'walk' between the natural and supernatural worlds, a gift handed down through the generations and growing more powerful with each one. The saga braids two lives: Veronique Sossamine, enslaved by the powerful Montblanc family on a majestic San Christian Parish plantation in pre-Civil War Louisiana, and Marie-Andre 'Andy' Sossamine Blake, her great-great-granddaughter in present-day Saratoga. It begins when Veronique is called to the main house to ease the passing of Jenessa, Beau Montblanc Jr.'s beloved nanny, and a forbidden love ignites between Veronique and Beau, a love his manipulative mother will stop at nothing to destroy. As Mrs. Montblanc schemes to marry Veronique off to the brutal Slebin, Veronique discovers her power's deepest flaw, that under extreme emotion it cannot be controlled, and is forced into impossible choices between flesh and spirit, love and calling. Guided by Lottie, the woman who raised her ('Shoppity hoop!'), Veronique sacrifices everything to honor a purpose larger than herself. Generations later, Andy inherits the same gift, and the same burden, as the bloodline's story comes full circle. Sweeping, supernatural, and devastating, Walkers is a love story about the toll of a sacred calling and the unbreakable line of women who answer it.
The World
Two worlds in two eras: the candlelit grandeur and brutal injustice of a pre-Civil War Louisiana plantation in San Christian Parish, and present-day Saratoga, bridged by the ethereal threshold the Sossamine women cross when they walk a soul over, offering haunting glimpses of what waits on the other side, and the toll each passage takes on the one who carries it.
Why It Sells
- A dual-timeline generational saga, one bloodline of gifted women, their power growing with each generation.
- A rich, original supernatural mythology: the act of 'walking' the dead, its rules, its flaws, and its cost.
- A sweeping forbidden romance set against the brutal backdrop of slavery and Southern manipulation.
- A powerful matriarchal lineage, Veronique, Lottie, and present-day Andy, anchored by fierce, complex women.
- Genuine moral weight, the classic struggle between flesh and spirit, and sacrifice for the good of the whole.
- Goosebump glimpses of the afterlife, including what awaits both the beloved and the truly evil when they cross.
Characters
Veronique Sossamine
The Walker
An enslaved young woman on the Montblanc plantation, gifted with the power to walk souls to the other side. Torn between a forbidden love and a sacred calling she cannot abandon.
Beauford 'Beau' Montblanc Jr.
The Forbidden Love
The plantation heir whose capacity to love beyond color draws him to Veronique, and whose anguish turns to anger when her calling repeatedly takes her from him.
Mrs. Montblanc
The Antagonist
A genteel Southern matriarch and master manipulator who will destroy anything, and anyone, that threatens her vision for her son.
Slebin
The Brute
The cruel man Mrs. Montblanc forces Veronique to marry, born with a hatred no life could explain, and a test of Veronique's vow not to kill.
Lottie
The Mentor
The woman who raised Veronique and counsels her through impossible choices. Her refrain, 'Shoppity hoop!', means never you mind, move on with your life.
Marie-Andre 'Andy' Blake
The Descendant
Veronique's great-great-granddaughter in present-day Saratoga, who inherits the gift, and the burden, that completes the bloodline's story.
Story Beats
The First Walk
Called to the main house to ease the passing of Beau's beloved nanny Jenessa, Veronique reveals her gift, and first meets the forbidden Beau.
Forbidden Love
Veronique and Beau's relationship blooms and is consummated, to the fury of his manipulative mother.
The Mother's Plan
Mrs. Montblanc moves to marry Veronique off to the brutal Slebin, announcing the nuptials to drive the lovers apart.
Power Unleashed
Under unbearable emotion, Veronique's power slips its leash, and Mrs. Montblanc falls gravely ill by her unwilling hand.
The Sacrifice
Guided by Lottie, Veronique denies Beau and sends him away, choosing her calling over the man she loves, the struggle of flesh versus spirit.
A Marriage of Cruelty
Veronique endures marriage to the violent Slebin, holding to a purpose larger than herself even when she has the power to end him.
Freedom & the Final Walk
Emancipation comes; when Slebin's violence peaks, Beau intervenes, and Veronique walks a truly evil soul to the other side, glimpsing what awaits it.
The Bloodline Continues
Generations later in present-day Saratoga, Andy inherits the gift and the burden, bringing the Sossamine women's story full circle.
Producers
Written & produced by Angela Sparks Beddoe