In a small Pennsylvania town, one of the most famous women in history—a woman who the world has believed dead for almost two decades—is dying. John Chambers walked away from his life eighteen years ago to become the woman's bodyguard. He gave up everything—including the woman he loved—because he believed that was his destiny. But destiny has other ideas. In the tradition of BRIGHT LIGHTS, BIG CITY and A PRAYER FOR THE DYING, NEW AVALON is Robert Swartwood's finest work yet.