the Stovepipe Chess Club

Rob is called to a VA hospital where he finally meets Jess a man he has known all his life. Near death Jess wants to tell Rob the rest of the story. His tale takes Rob to a Virginia Chesapeake Bay town in 1931 to very dear family and friends he did not know existed. He hears a saga that opens with the sweet charm of an old Disney movie then grows tense becomes frightful and ends in tragedy. Jess begs Rob to accept two burdens: guard his secret and carry on his mission.