Robin Wallenco is traveling the wide-open road, but he is on a trip that could lead to redemption or harrowing violence. Via the brutal byways of America and the terror-strewn paths of history, Wallenco is searching for the one person who can reveal to him his grandfather's true identity. That man is somewhere in the United States, surrounded by the FBI, awaiting trial for horrific war crimes.
Driven by the need to find the truth, Wallenco is escaping from an exasperated ex-wife, a decent job and the taut silence of a family made mute by fear and avoidance. Along with his possessions he packs the haunting bits and pieces he knows of his grandfather's story into a beat-up old Volkswagen and takes to the highway. On the way he picks up a hitchhiker, Norma, a young woman escaping her own demons. Wallenco's obsessions seem balanced by Norma's irreverence, and they find a hazardous acceptance and understanding in each other's company. But when Wallenco stumbles into the familiar territory of family violence at Norma's home, he's propelled into childhood memories and the irresistible temptation of vengeance. Past and present hurtle toward brutal conclusions about his grandfather's legacy, and only a final confrontation between three generations of men will reveal the nature of love and truth for Robin Wallenco.
This is a powerfully written novel of discovery, pain and rebirth by an exciting new talent.
