From the coal mines of Northern England, which fuelled the Allies in World War II, to the war-torn streets of Saigon after the Vietnam War, two young souls charted their paths to America in the 1980s. Despite their vastly different journeys, fate brings them together in Indiana, where they uncover a collection of papers penned by a young Abraham Lincoln and hidden by his friend Eleanor Smith. This remarkable discovery ignites a shared quest to uncover the true significance of the documents for Lincoln and his childhood companion. As they delve deeper into their investigation, the revelations they uncover prove as transformative as the journey that brought them together.
Late in his life and over a period of several months, Frank Ross places six coins under a rock on the slopes of a mountain in Scotland called Ben y Vrackie. Both the coins and the mountain have resonance and significance for Frank, as well as, in due course, for six other people. The book follows his life from his childhood into his early sixties. During this time he encounters twelve people who are to have a profound effect on him. Six are kind; six are not. The narrative examines the ancestry of all the characters and the consequent effect on their personality and behaviour, and thus how they interact with Frank.
Frank Ross is essentially a decent man who reacts in a singular manner to events and actions that he sees as either good or bad. This is a novel about retribution and love, but mainly about love.
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