Thirty-six years ago, a wave of violence swept the Midwest. Police spent years trying to piece together how the arsons, the drugs, and the murders were connected. This novel follows a waitress who moved to Omaha from a dead-end life in small-town Nebraska, an auto repairman just one bad month away from going under, and a Vietnam vet drinking away his disability checks. These three desperate souls are thrown together by a 1976 Ford Elite, a car with a rusty muffler and a secret compartment in the trunk. They are pursued by a group of heroin dealers, led by the terrifying Ates Saglam, known as the Firefly of Ankara. From the opening chapter, the three protagonists of Elite 76 survive bad food, car chases, and gun fights. All swept up on the road to their dark expressway of the American Dream.