Desert Heights

Every so often a father’s good intentions end in disaster. Meet Sam Rockland, a gifted 39-year-old architect, forced to move his family from Chicago to the high California desert to escape the consequences of a professional blunder that cost him his job and reputation. Hoping for a new start, he signs on with a high-profile development company, only to see that dark past return to haunt him, requiring a desperate choice one fateful night. In a daring scheme he frantically tries to rectify a deadly mistake, little realizing that it threatens to destroy his family and crush his good name forever. Illuminating life’s painful choices and aching regrets, Desert Heights explores the heart’s deepest longings - for love, forgiveness, and redemption.

©2020 Larry Richardson (P)2020 Larry Richardson