Vestiges

<p class=ql-align-justify><strong style=color: rgba(14 16 26 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>From the author of<em> The Trigger </em>and <em>The Crippler</em> comes a provocative and poignant book of short stories that explores how emotional legacies shape our actions attitudes and aspirations.</strong></p><p class=ql-align-justify><br></p><p class=ql-align-justify><em style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>... A palace guard faces her mortality when she becomes an unwitting participant in a coup... A Tucson-based migrant trafficker risks it all to make his final run... A German boy treks across Medieval Europe in search of salvation...</em></p><p class=ql-align-justify><br></p><p class=ql-align-justify><span style=color: rgba(14 16 26 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>The diverse narratives in </span><strong style=color: rgba(14 16 26 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)><em>Vestiges</em></strong><em style=color: rgba(14 16 26 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)> </em><span style=color: rgba(14 16 26 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>by Daniel J. Patinkin bring to the fore the visceral angst excitement heartbreak and joy that are precipitated by profound and intimate human experiences. Deftly investigating themes of love and loss isolation and connection trust and betrayal hope and despair this rich examination of life in disconnected times takes readers around the world and through the ages to reveal our shared humanity.</span></p><p class=ql-align-justify><br></p><p class=ql-align-justify><strong style=color: rgba(14 16 26 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Daniel J. Patinkin </strong><span style=color: rgba(14 16 26 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>is the author of </span><em style=color: rgba(14 16 26 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>The Trigger: Narratives of the American Shooter</em><span style=color: rgba(14 16 26 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)> (Arcade 2018) and </span><em style=color: rgba(14 16 26 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>The Crippler: Cage Fighting and My Life on the Edge</em><span style=color: rgba(14 16 26 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)> (Skyhorse 2016). He possesses a BA from Indiana University and an MFA from the University of Southern California. He resides in Chicago.</span></p><p class=ql-align-center><br></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(14 16 26 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Praise for the Author</strong></p><p class=ql-align-justify><span style=color: rgba(14 16 26 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Patink</span><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>in writes with bracing empathy.... - </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>Chicago Tribune</em></p><p class=ql-align-justify><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>... deserving of as wide a readership as possible. </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>- Midwest Book Review</em></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>... masterful and engaging... - Dr. William H. Reid author of </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1); background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0)>A Dark Night in Aurora</em></p>