PALOMINO DENOUEMENT

PALOMINO DENOUEMENTIn a dying Texas town or the heart of a Vietnam jungle, survival is more than just staying alive, it's clinging to the remnants of who you once were. Captain Grady Allen thought he understood war. He thought he knew sacrifice. But as echoes of gunfire fade, he finds himself locked in a battle with something far more insidious his own mind. In 1968, amidst turmoil in America, Allen comes home to Palomino as a Survival Assistance Officer for the family of Sergeant Cloud Sea. Lucinda Jones, Managing Editor of the Palomino Press, asks Allen to meet after Sergeant Sea's funeral for an interview at Miss Bobbie Jo's Dairy Queen. She isn't looking for heroes she's chasing truths buried lower than the depth of foxholes. The deaths of little Jessie and Sergeant Tommy Franklin both connected to Allen have left scars deeper than the war itself. As customers arrive, whispers beneath grief and silence turn to demands. But some truths are more dangerous than bullets. Allen must confront his past and the ghost of a man he might never be again. What is redemption when the line between right and wrong has blurred beyond recognition?Many lovable characters from his immensely popular novels The Redeemer, Palomino, Porky Baycann, Lucinda Jones, Reverend Ripple$ Building Fund, Cookie Johnson, Rigors of Revenge appear for a final bow in this concluding chapter of Tank's memorable rural town of Palomino, Texas.