How would your life and your accomplishments reflect to those around you?

What would your life look like to a complete stranger? That’s the question Michael Gavin – war hero, football legend and community leader – wants the town of Talking Creek to discover in the new fiction release Hero’s Tribute.
Gavin was admired for his athletic ability, bravery in combat and community service as the founder of a foster care retreat. But before he died, he worried that people would focus more on his accomplishments than what he thought inspired and ultimately defined his life.
Gavin takes a leap of faith that Wes Watkins, a local reporter, would discover that purpose in an investigation. He makes this his last request. Yet Watkins agrees to do Gavin’s eulogy halfheartedly, at most hoping for a good scoop. He has six days to dig into Gavin’s life. Watkins’ intentions, it appears evident, are to advance his career. As he researches Gavin’s background, however, the stakes change. As he tries to piece together the words to define Gavin’s life, he also struggles with his own family’s past, and the direction of his career.
This book combines two topics woven into the fabric of America – heroes and grace. The sacrifices of both military personnel and their families are seldom reflected upon and rarely understood. It’s not the opportunity for glory or war that bonds together the men and women of our Armed Forces; it’s often the relationships they form. Grace too doesn’t come in trophies or medals, but rather in relationships. This is a story of a man who understood this, and hoped in his last act that a town that praised him would recognize the forces that shaped his life. It also reveals the types of moments that often have the most impact – a reminder that any success comes with a little help.

Editor’s Note: Hero’s Tribute was written by Veterinary Advantage Managing Editor Graham Garrison