A novel,- second in the series - about growing up in the Midwest and chasing the American Dream. Series is tied together by a small .38 S & W revolver that keeps changing hands between two families over a seventy five year period.. Main character, Big B, is forced to become an off the books killer for top politicians in the United States government. His childhood friends decide to stand by him at significant risks to themselves. Adventures take main characters to Japan and Turkey, and lead to a fictional Mrs. Bush and Mrs. Biden attending a military funeral at Arlington to honor a KIA vet whose body was recovered after being MIA for 19 years, thanks to some ID chips hidden under the vet's military dog's fur.