Literary Agents & Publishers Dossier

Bearing the Cross is a five-book literary memoir chronicling Dr. John Cobin’s unjust arrest, conviction, appeal, and the 5.4 years he endured inside Chile’s prison system. Beyond recounting the daily reality of incarceration, the series exposes structural failures in the judicial process, prison corruption, and the tenacity of faith and liberty under sustained pressure. It fuses human story with evidence—ballistics and forensic analysis that demonstrate Cobin’s innocence—creating both a compelling narrative and a documented indictment of state abuse.

The project offers what agents and publishers prize: a high-stakes true story with narrative propulsion; an investigative core that overturns an accepted verdict; and an author with a public record of speaking, writing, and advocacy. The companion “criminal-case” resources foreground audio summaries and evidentiary highlights in six languages to make the case accessible to international readers.