ABOUT
THE BOOK

What happens when a trained killer discovers, in the aftermath of war, that his true vocation is love? Having survived the kidding fields of World War I, Fidelsi Waldvogel returns home to his quiet German Village and marries the pregnant widow of his best friend.
With a suitcase full of sausages and a master butcher’s precious set of knives, Fidelis sets out for America, getting as far as Argus, North Dakota, where he settles. Over the years he works hard, building a business, a home for his family – which now includes Eva and four sons – and a singing club consisting of the best voices in town. The group embraces everyone from the local banker to the town drunk, the sheriff, the other butcher in Argus, and an elusive drifter, part Ojibwe, part French, whose balancing act is a wonder to behold.

What happens when the Old World meets the new – in the person of Delphine Watzka, a daughter of Argus, whose origins are a mystery, even to her – turns out to be one of the great adventures of Fidelis’s life. Delphine meets Eva and is enchanted, she meets Fidelis and the ground trembles…