Lockhart: 1

Joe Lockhart can barely remember a time before his mother Nancy a drug company executive brought him to Italy to escape her grief after the death of Joes father. Now against a background of escalating political violence and Nancys concerns for his safety Joe wants to finish high school before returning to the US. He begins translating confidential company files for his mother and Luke her colleague.The work seems straightforward and harmless. While Nancy and Luke are in Germany on business Joe uncovers a plot to overthrow the Italian government. Soon he finds himself kidnapped wanted by the military police and racing to help head off a coup détat.Lockhart is a tale of personal and political conflict of recovery from grief and finding new meaning in the idea of home.