ABOUT THE BOOK

After his father’s death, Mark Ellis returns to Middleton, New York, expecting to settle the estate, sell the family home, and leave again.

Instead, he finds himself drawn back into the life of the town he thought he had left behind.

A fight over the future of Middleton’s aging Village Hall leads Mark into the town’s history—and toward questions that no one has asked in a very long time.

The deeper he looks, the more uncertain the familiar stories become.

And in a place where memory, reputation, and history are tightly woven together, discovering what actually happened may be easier than deciding what it means.

Some stories are forgotten. Others are simply waiting to be heard.

Coming December 2026 | Brick & Iris Press