Ernst Vogler, a 26 year old German working for the Third Reich's Sonderprojekte, is sent on a mission to Rome to collect The Discus Thrower, a classical Roman statue. On his return, the two Italian brothers accompanying him take a dangerous detour and Vogler realises he will be lucky to escape with his life. Despite his misgivings, he gives himself over to the Italian adventure discovering love, loss and a chance for redemption. Set along the beautiful back-roads of Northern Italy on the eve of WWII, The Detour is a bittersweet novel about misplaced idealism and second chances.

Author Biography

Born in 1970 in Chicago, Andromeda Romano-Lax is the author of numerous works of nonfiction and Director of the 49 Alaska Writing Center. Her first novel, "The Spanish Bow," was a "New York Times "Editor's Choice and was translated into 11 languages. She lives in Anchorage, Alaska, with her husband and two children.