Strings - Common Ground
- ISBN-10
- 1692099892
- ISBN-13
- 9781692099893
- Pages
- 384
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2019-09-11
- Author
- Andrea Rendon
Description
"A born storyteller, Rendón creates rich memorable characters that will remain with you, set on a backdrop as big as Texas. Well researched wildfire fighting... a beautiful saga of family, and abiding love." Melody Rich, Ph.D. - Editor "All human things of dearest value hang on slender strings." ~E. Waller, 17thC. Poet Strings - Common Ground is the third in the series that follows a Swiss family, now in Texas, coping with a difficult legacy handed down from World War 2. Rolf and his family must face the past as it takes on human form threatening both lives and property. It is 1992 and Rolf's friend and partner, Wilhelm must confront the beating of his granddaughter while her father is attacked and left for dead on a New York City side street. No one can understand why anyone would commit such savagery until his identity becomes known, and both Rolf's and Wilhelm's families are pitted against an old adversary. While the family, having branched out into Texas is struggling through a drought, they try to adjust to the death of a beloved mother. Travis battles to honor his promise to Chloe, recover and rediscover his love for music as the ranch is repeatedly torched by an arsonist. Their long-estranged grandchildren, Connor and Erin, are thrown together in order to survive as Rolf and Wilhelm, attempt to uncover who is behind the attacks and death threats and discover what they really want. The slender strings of life and promises made are tested to the breaking point as the two families band together to defeat a common enemy determined to destroy them. Now a slim chance presents itself to Rolf and Wilhelm to end the terror for good and find the peace they have sought for a lifetime. Wildfires threaten to take everything of value from the families. Lives are lost or changed forever, yet one unwavering truth, amidst the deceptions and brutality, is the enduring slender string of love that binds them together. They are locked in the fight of their lives and only their love for one another will save them. Told against the beautiful backdrop of the Texas Hill Country and the dangers of wildland firefighting, Common Ground is a story of family, abiding friendship, faith, and devotion to honoring a promise made to a young prodigy that symbolizes the multitudes that died during a brutal war across the sea.
