J T Evergreen

Injun Summer J T Evergreen

Indian Summer is the tale of an American warrior who was plucked from a desert siege by a mysterious priest who disappeared immediately after saving Mike Faraday from certain death. Haunted by the vision of his seven special forces comrades slaughtered before his eyes, Mike continues to be tormented in his search for the reason why he was spared. Persistent nightmares cripple Mike from leading a normal life after he is discharged from the Army. Marriage and children seem out of the question while this affliction persists. But then a moment of hope arises when the mysterious priest appears once again at the local Woodfield Mall and directs Mike and his Army buddy to a suicide bomber on the verge of blowing himself up in the main hall of the mall. Mike and Russ are successful in preventing the attack. Revenge by members of the terrorist group, a pretty waitress from an Italian restaurant, Russ, and a bumbling undercover cop are drawn together as the tale climaxes and then comes to a happy ending when, under the guidance of the mysterious priest, the illusion of American Indians, descending from the heavens and dancing around a campfire in an adjacent meadow, are joined by Mike's deceased special forces comrades who have come to bid Mike farewell and to assure him he is not responsible for bringing them to their end in the desert. The final scene of this tale has the mysterious priest giving his benediction from above the gathering and disappearing into the night.