They called him "Moose" and made fun of him on the school bus. His stepdad, owner and proprietor of the Moose Motel in Lamentations, used him as an ashtray. His mother abandoned him. Lamentations was supported by a sawmill, and the most powerful man in town was the mill manager. When Moose announced that someday he would be mill manager, no one believed him. They laughed. They ridiculed. As Moose grew up, certain unfortunate incidents occurred, and one very fortunate one, a discovery on the property of the Moose Motel that would change everything for Moose. And for everyone in Lamentations. . .