Dale Petersen is a respected, reliable trusts and estates attorney practicing in Southwest Florida. His idyllic world is shattered when a notorious drug lord, J. Esteban Morales, is executed by a gang in the streets of Miami. Decades earlier, when Dale was a Peace Corps volunteer in Guatemala, he knew Morales as a counterpart and trusted friend. Now, fatefully tasked as executor of Morales's estate, Dale is in control of a vast, illicit fortune. As he works to carry out Morales's uncharacteristically charitable wishes and impassioned plea for redemption, he gradually becomes entangled in a web of intrigue involving promises, secrets, and deception. Ultimately, he is forced to confront challenges to his integrity and ethical convictions. Will Dale uphold his character as an esteemed, reputable attorney? Or will he lose himself, forever altered by the complexities of morality, transgression, and temptation?
