Gathered by the Fire

A fi re destroys an amusement park and leaves a landscape for aseemingly ill-matched set of characters to negotiate. The newspaperreporter fi nds new life for a story he had been forced to abandontwenty years earlier. The prostitute seeks to reunite with a son shegave up for adoption. The land developer bulldozes over anyonein his path as he restructures a small town into a sprawling suburb. The respected attorney and philanthropist strays from his moralcompass to see through his visions for a community. As they grow up in the 60's and 70's, the children of Raven Streetforge friendships steeped in the small-town values of a Detroitsuburb. From days of playing King of the Hill, through the trials ofadolescence, they live their lives oblivious to the chain of events thatset their stage. Their stories of youthful folly, fi rst loves, and teenageangst form the lyrics for the songs written in their garage-bandworld, a world about to collide with realities not of their making. Where is the crossroad that links that past and the present, the oldand the young? How bad will the collision be when they have aninferno in common? Gathered by the Fire is a trip down memorylane for the Baby Boomer Generation and a coming-of-age, what-ifstory that scuff s the veneer of Anytown, USA.