The Talisman Author:John Godey Deep in troubled retreat, the small band of dissidents waited on the edge of eternity to barter a dead hostage for a living hero - the nation's Unknown Soldier for the release of a convicted war protester, Father Francis Rowan. — Divided by jealousy and bitter friendships, but cemented in idealism, the six fugitives' emotions are as deadl... more »y as the dynamite rigged to the sacred casket. And while the nation chokes on gall, the last losers of a lost cause reap grim reparation in an ironic and shattering climax.« less