The Lost Lantern - Paperback

by Andrew Spradling (Author)

Lost soul John Gates returns to Myrtle Beach, SC, after six years and rejoins his three lifelong friends, all of whom worked the Murrells Inlet restaurants in the summers of their college years before moving on to other professions. Gates plans to put his past life of decadence and womanizing, for which he has a guilty secret, behind him. He seeks out William McMillian, a black friend and former co-worker and learns William hopes to follow his dream of purchasing his own restaurant. Gates vows to help William in any way he can. Their racist former boss, Danny Rivers, and his brothers have another idea - to extort William's life savings to expand their own empire. What unfolds is an epic, two-generational saga that breaks down barriers and stereotypes as family greed and inhumanity clash with friendship, love, and the indomitable human spirit in the late 1980s.

Author Biography

Riveting and masterfully woven with numerous character-driven subplots, The Lost Lantern places Andrew Spradling shoulder-to-shoulder with America's foremost authors. A former athlete turned sportswriter, a college administrator, a musician, songwriter, and restaurant owner, Spradling was the 1999 West Virginia Sportswriter of the Year (National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association). His first novel, The Long Shadow of Hope, was released in 2016. Read more about Spradling at his Amazon.com Author Page or on his blog at andrewspradling.wordpress.com