The memoir of Alden Dennis Weer, told as he apparently lives out his last years in the same Midwestern town he was born in, is a melancholy, amiable series of tales. But his story reveals that Weer has been around more than his fair share of death, and this may not be coincidental.

As the narrative unfolds, a miraculous dimension emerges. For Weer's imagination can reshape reality, obliterate time, even transcend death itself...

Peace is a seductive, powerful and affecting novel of rare resonance and depth; a brilliantly imaginative tour de force that ranks alongside the most memorable modern fantasies.