Betrovia

What can a man expect from his Creator after losing his wife to a long, debilitating illness, then agonizing over raising two daughters on his own and struggling to help his disabled-veteran younger brother defeat bitterness and hatred? Being challenged to pursue a new career path, not once, not twice but three times early in his adult life can also create anxiety about the future. And then there's the political, religious and economic upheavals of the region in which he resides which add even more gray hairs to his nearly-white head of hair. Patrik Veillein as a newly-married young man (and with dutiful but recalcitrant wife in tow) turns away from the comforts of small town life to help his uncle manage a road-side inn many miles away. And before he gets a handle on that new job, before he can learn all there is to run a roadside inn, the uncle suddenly dies. If he had stayed where he was born, in the village where he was well-liked and well-adjusted, he could have become a successful hunter, fur trapper, and quite possibly a successful artist (which would have been just fine with his mother). Moving to the Lonely Fox Inn meant leaving everything that was comfortable, predictable and even rational. Managing the Lonely Fox Inn meant meeting boisterous traveling salesmen, surly soldiers, mean-spirited mercenaries, and even an adventurer harboring a deep, dark secret. But, it also meant facing disappointment, disillusionment and even disaster.