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The Allegheny Mountains of Western Pennsylvania aren't the tallest but they are immutable—like the past and memories of faded traditions. In the present we drift and we change. Neighborhoods transition from the mild and melodic Spanish and empanadas to Spanglish and hot dogs. Replacements move in with the rough consonants of Arabic and scents of cumin and cinnamon. Change can catalyze or paralyze. Ben Barnett, an eight-term entitled Congressman loses his re-election. He wanders his desert energized, seeking a new vision to reclaim his power. His family and team wait at home playing by the old rules fighting for the status quo. Still others only desire a fanciful past taking the old human route of violence to force their way. Murder is a fork in that path taken too lightly. The fluid future is compressed between these competing actions and progress will be converted from revelation to reaction.