Little did Helen Hobbes know on her morning drive to Medicine Hat, Alberta, that her basset hound would find an unconscious man, bound hand and foot, in a rest stop ditch.

Little did long-haul trucker Theo Tuckmitt realize that his half-awake mumblings as he emerged from a six-day coma would lead to successful out-of-the-way business ventures in a coulee deep in the Alberta Badlands.

Recovery for Theo is twofold, and it is his identical twin Terry who helps pull together the healing threads of the highway heist and Theo's 15 years grieving the loss of a loved one.

Layers of family and friendships percolate through this fascinating story of when faith grips life. Theo marries and together with the vibrant Alice, they push heartache and tragedy into the past and establish new businesses in the east central prairie hamlet of Dorothy, a so-called ghost town.

Will their future bloom just as the purple flower of the blazing star herb rises above the grassland each summer?

This is a timeless, multi-layered story of hopes, dreams, and the flexibility to make them happen.