“An understated but engaging romance enlivens this hard-hitting melodrama.”  – Kirkus Reviews

“Fans of 60’s and 70’s pop culture and history will enjoy this deep and thoughtful saga of a native boy’s coming of age into adulthood through love and much loss.”  – Literary Scene

Kelly Allen Chase has returned after being held prisoner in the jungles of Vietnam for three years.

He faces a long recovery with minimal chances of survival. His physical and emotional damage is too great. His Indian family in Montana appears to have disappeared altogether and he is alone. His betrothed before the war has married and gone away. Is Kelly able to start life anew and survive?

“There is a principle which is a bar against all information which is proof against all arguments and which cannot fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance — that principle is contempt prior to investigation.”  – Herbert Spencer