First published 2017
Sixty-eight-year-old David wakes up from brain surgery repeating the name of a Native American soldier he once mistreated. Haunted by his actions during the Vietnam War, David decides to return a precious stolen item to make amends. But as he sets out on a road trip to find the soldier's family, David faces a ticking clock - his tumor is terminal. In a race against time, David must confront the ghosts of his past to find redemption and make peace with his own mortality.
Genres: fiction, contemporary
Vibes: intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: ghosts-of-the-past, race-against-time, redemption
Setting: Vietnam
Period: Vietnam War
227 pages · Hardcover · Harper
Content warnings: terminal-illness, war