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The young man had barely survived the Trans-Atlantic journey aboard the decrepit Carly Roe, but through fate and the saving grace of an angel named Jo, he arrived in New York in 1908. Despite reuniting with his father, a distance remains between them. While remaining estranged from his father, the carpenter's son befriends another nearby youth named Jackson Bishop. The carpenter's son is filled with anger and speaks of battles from a long-ago era, lamenting that killing is the only valuable trait he possesses. As he adapts to his new country, he learns that earning a living doesn't come easy and that there are still future fights waiting to be waged against truly evil forces who want to stake a claim on what's his.
A warrior who has seen more than his fair share of battles throughout time finds himself transplanted into early twentieth-century America in this fantastically mystifying historical fiction story. Familiar with man's barbarity, the junior carpenter experiences it in new, shocking ways while serving in World War I and later clashing with an organized criminal element that seeks to own everything and everyone in his hometown. Though the Carpenter has grown jaded by humanity's coarseness, his family's survival drives him into action. Carpenter is a damaged character, but he has inherent goodness, while his antagonist, "The Headmaster," is a malevolent figure whose potential for mayhem is unrivaled. An attention-seizing story that blends the supernatural with historical fiction, this chronicle of a perennial soldier is interesting from the start.