Elysium: A Novel

by Will Ryan

Following the sudden death of his father, Lt. Commander Lane Goodling leaves the active Navy, which he loves, to help manage his family’s complicated holdings in properties and money. When he takes on the renovation of the ancient family estate and farmstead in Pennsylvania’s Amish county, however, he encounters more than he ever expected. Friendship, loyalty, betrayal, love, sex, a georgous, mercurial soprano, the rare American Chestnut tree, a plucky biologist, honest lawyers, dishonest lawyers, the romantic spell of omelets, and the senseless murder of a good man.

424 pages, Kindle Edition

First published July 5, 2014