Candlemoth Macmillan and retired English teacher Celia

and retired English teacher Celia

Fonthill makes the treacherous journey across the Nile

of a long delayed reunion that takes place in the most surprising of circumstances

explode with terrible consequences

and as the city falls apart once more

Candlemoth Macmillan and retired English teacher CeliaDaniel Ford has thirty days to live. Accused of the horrific murder of his best friend Nathan twelve years before, he has exhausted all appeals and now faces the long walk to the electric chair. All he can do is make peace with his God. Father John Rousseau is the man to whom the last month of Daniel's life has been entrusted. All the two men have left to do is rake over the last ashes of Ford's existence. So he begins to tell his story. Beginning