The Service Trunk

· What We Buried Book 5 · RP Books
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This book will become available on December 23, 2026. You will not be charged until it is released.

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After the death of his father, former Marine Marek Havel returns to Bell Mercy, a declining river town that remembers its own version of the past and does not welcome questions. Anton Havel had been a local pillar: veteran, fire chief, neighbor, the kind of man people called good because everyone had needed him to be. Marek plans to clear the house, empty the garage, settle what remains, and leave before the town can pull him back into old grief. But some truths do not stay buried forever. Restrained, haunting, and emotionally exact, The Service Trunk is a literary story about fathers and sons, friendship and silence, public memory and private guilt, and the terrible cost of learning that the past was never as settled as everyone pretended.
After the death of his father, former Marine Marek Havel returns to Bell Mercy, a declining river town that remembers its own version of the past and does not welcome questions. Anton Havel had been a local pillar: veteran, fire chief, neighbor, the kind of man people called good because everyone...

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David Eastman is a former USMC serviceman and writer whose work reflects a direct, grounded storytelling sensibility. His published books include children’s picture books centered on animals, friendship, and playful adventure, and his perspective brings a distinct voice to the wider Read Indies community. Also by the Author: Giraffe and Elephant Break Out; Giraffe and Elephant Are Friends; My Pet Animal Book.
David Eastman is a former USMC serviceman and writer whose work reflects a direct, grounded storytelling sensibility. His published books include children’s picture books centered on animals, friendship, and playful adventure, and his perspective brings a distinct voice to the wider Read Indies c...

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