BROKEN

About the Book

On a stormy night in 1975 the Edmund Fitzgerald plunged to the bottom of Lake Superior with all 29 souls on board. There were no survivors though a single lifeboat washed up along the Canadian shore. 30 years later wounded Iraq War veteran Danny Yearman returns home to the pieces of the life he left behind. When Danny meets a mysterious drifter who claims to have survived the Wreck of the Fitzgerald Danny embarks on across country journey out to uncover the shocking truth behind the old man's story. Set along Michigan's rugged Lake superior shore, and rich in Native American Lore Broken recalls the forgotten side of war, one that rages long after the guns have fallen silent.

About the Author

Born near Chicago in 1962, Turck was among the first Artists to openly protest crackdowns against Democratic reforms in China in 1989. By 1993 he was on the frontlines in Bosnia as a witness to the genocide. While in besieged Sarajevo he met and married his wife, Ana. In 1994 Turck co-founded The Rwandan Relief Program, delivering supplies to refugees there. Turck currently lives with his wife and their two cats in Chicago.