"A novel" - cover.

Patrick Norris returns home from Afghanistan eager to open a sport fishing business. But he is shocked to learn that the San Diego avocado ranch his family has long owned has been destroyed by wildfire and his parents are facing ruin. Ted Norris yearns for his brother's approval. Gentle by nature, but tormented by dark fixations, Ted is drawn into a circle of violent, criminal misfits. Patrick puts his plans on hold to save the family's home and falls in love with Iris, an unusual woman. When Ted's plan for redemption goes wrong, he tries to disappear. Desperate to find his brother and salvage what remains of his family, Patrick must make an agonizing choice.