(Algonquin Books)By every measure, Dave Cartwright was a hero and a legend in his small Pacific Northwest town — star quarterback of the Vigilante Falls high school football team, and a Marine, veteran of three tours in the Middle East. But Dave may have lost part of himself in service to this country, in his mind, in service to the greed that fueled the conflicts, and a return to life proved very difficult. When an unimaginable tragedy strikes, Dave decides, in the yawning face of a lack of meaning in his … (read more)
