Gift of the Grenadier - A Novel

A lifelong love affair and deep friendships are shattered by an emasculating war injury. The couple's emotional trauma flows outward through friends and family until its expanding impacts include members of a New York crime family. At that point grief and sadness are overwhelmed by rage and reprisal. The cascading effects of the wound lay bare the essence of human frailties, as greed and depravity hold sway. But human strengths are present too, and in the end, courage, loyalty and sacrifice pave the way for redemption.