Description

When Johnny Richardson returns to Oakridge he's something on his head--fixing a dreadful error that caused him to flee his neighborhood eight years back. Revisiting yesteryear, however, is just a dark and dangerous sport in small town America. Whenever a reckless erotic occurrence results in the destruction of the town’s first woman, Johnny finds herself the goal of the vengeance strategy that threatens to rip apart the delicate globe he’s constructed one of the platinum-bearing hills of Upper California.Left an inexplicable parcel when his father mysteriously vanishes, Johnny should solve its secrets in a determined bid to safeguard those he loves. But his attempts to get this done have life-threatening effects and may eventually drive him to face not just their own failings, but the character of guilt.A searing meditation on the futility of attempting to right the wrongs of yesteryear, Vacant Kilometer mixes aspects of fascinating metropolitan noir using the wide open areas of outdoor journey in a tale that displays America’s modern doubt about itself.