Coming Home Dead

It's not unusual for a man to lose his life in war. When Howard agreed to die, he triggered a heartache that would require a lifetime of atonement.

Just weeks after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Private First Class Bales said goodbye to his wife and children before boarding a bus loaded with volunteers and draftees to embark on a journey that would spur personal and enduring torment. Stationed in New Orleans before being deployed overseas, loneliness, the fear of war, and the carnal nature of man overcame him.

A bitterly cold country barn in France seems an unlikely place to begin a life of deceit and calculated deception but it's the path Howard chose.

Is redemption sought necessarily redemption found? Howard is willing to pay the price, but not sure if he'll be able.