The Altar of Love

Notch McCleary, recuperating Vietnam veteran, vacations on a rural east-coast island and falls in love with Onis Lanier. What starts as an intense relationship between tranquil and fiery personalities ends two years later, when the volatile Onis leaves suddenly. Unable to forget her or move on, Notch maintains a solitary vigil beneath the high bluffs of the island’s southwest point. Seven years later, he sees two horseback riders on that rocky shore: Onis and a little boy. When...
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Notch McCleary, recuperating Vietnam veteran, vacations on a rural east-coast island and falls in love with Onis Lanier. What starts as an intense relationship between tranquil and fiery personalities ends two years later, when the volatile Onis leaves suddenly. Unable to forget her or move on, Notch maintains a solitary vigil beneath the high bluffs of the island’s southwest point. Seven years later, he sees two horseback riders on that rocky shore: Onis and a little boy. When they flee at the sight of him, Notch realizes that he is a father and has just seen his son for the first time. Fifteen years later, during five oppressively hot days in July, amidst a whirlpool of tragedy, comedy, and eros, an ensemble of newcomers arrive on the island. The friends, foes, and lovers, will all revolve around the myth of Notch and Onis. The deeply shadowed legend becomes a catalyst for those who search, but in a landscape haunted by the past, no one will find the expected.