Fiction
Christian Kiefer

A Vietnam War veteran named John returns home to rural California and uncovers the story of Ray Takahashi: a Japanese-American World War II veteran whose family was sent to internment camps in the United States. As Ray’s story unfolds, John discovers the ways in which he and Ray are connected: not only by service but by threads more complex and sinister than John could have ever imagined. Kiefer explores the power of mythology and narrative and asks us to question our own stories. Anchored by two powerful matriarchs and full of breath-taking moments and prose, Phantoms is an urgent and compelling read.
-Drew