Richard Holeman

Once upon a time, in the 1970s, a lonely, imaginative boy met a mysterious, magical girl—and such began the most wondrous of summer quests....

Pack your bags to travel light and come along down a mystery road, where an impulsive detour south begins a spiritual journey for a boy on the run from God and the Devil, who comes face-to-face with them both....

This is a story for boys...and for girls, too, of course, but mostly it's a story for grown-ups who can't remember—or can't forget—when a best friend was like a brother, a promise was forever, and the neighborhood where you lived was a world all your very own....

Welcome to Hayfork, Iowa, a farming community in the heart of a tranquil valley, a town that looks after its own. It’s a place where gossip is king, but secrets are kept from outsiders, and those who are born there live and die at the mercy of the weather or the forgiveness of the land....