Publisher's Synopsis
The year is 2003. America reels from the egregious 9/11 attacks and invades Iraq in search of weapons of mass destruction.
Drawn by the country charm and traditional American farm values, McKinley and June Dalton, an upward mobile power couple, retire to the hamlet of Galaxy in New York's Finger Lakes region, a remote island out of life's mainstream. Precious daughter Katie Dalton is the innocent victim of an abortion clinic bombing. The law has dealt with the sanctimonious perpetrator, Tony Metro, and there's not a damn thing Mac Dalton can do about it. Cherished grandson Lance Corporal Rick Anderson answered the call and is deployed in the Biblical land, a source of fear and worry for the Dalton family. But life does not stop because you leave it behind. Nor do traditional farm values insulate you from life's complexities. Walter "Bucky" Schumacher, a habitué of the Willow Creek Café and self-centered "elder gentleman," fixates on June Dalton and will have her at any cost. McKinley Dalton battles his demons and fights to protect his family. Love, loss, passion, obsession, forgiveness, and redemption are alive and well in the humble hamlet with the celestial name.
