RESTITUTION IN PEACE

By Thomas F. Rukas

In the spring of 2022 Connie was unexpectedly contacted by his childhood friend, Ernie, on an antique shortwave radio he recently purchased from a strange man outside of a pawn shop. What's even more unusual is that Ernie had been presumed dead 40 years before, back in 1982 when he and his mom were kidnapped, along with a few of their neighbors, believed murdered although their bodies were never found. Connie and Ernie had made a childhood pact that if one of them ever died, they would find a way to contact each other from beyond the veil of death. An unbelievable tale of adventure unfolds as Ernie explains in detail the legend of an ancestral bloodline and a mysterious connection to an artifact, a miniature sculpture of a stone figurine called "Peace." From a boy scout camping trip in the Great Smoky Mountains outside of Restitution, TN to sailing the stormy Pacific islands off the coast of Oregon, Ernie explains what really happened in 1982 and the true criminal entity behind murders that were committed. In the eye of this hurricane of adventure was the legend of the miniature hand carved stone figurine and cryptic ritual known only to the immediate family bloodline as the Restitution in Peace.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0C2R2ST6X
• ISBN13: 9798390746967
• Release Date: April 2023
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.3" x 8.0"