Book Synopsis: Lucas Yoder, a novelist who has had a long, successful career, has written what he believes to be his final book -- until tragedy strikes his community and he becomes obsessed with writing about it... Yoder's editor must fight to preserve her integrity -- and her author -- as her firm becomes the target of a corporate takeover... A critic who teaches literature near Yoder's hometown struggles with his feelings about Yoder's success, and his own admonitions... And finally, a devoted reader helps Yoder solve the mystery that is destroying their community.
