Early in the Twentieth Century, with Western Pennsylvania and other regions in the throes of the great migration from Europe, our nation and the world began to simultaneously experience events that would trigger the first, great world war. During this period, a young Catholic missionary priest, Father Galileo Idando, would make his way from Italy to the growing communities of immigrants who were drawn to work in the limestone quarry districts not far from Pittsburgh. There, Father Idando would minister to the faithful, build a church and a life for himself. RAMBLER TWILA REST takes us back to these beginnings when the newly-arrived priest meets the family of Doctor Leroy Vandarious and forges a lifelong connection with them. The Vandarious daughter, Kellyker, a nurse, whose deceased mother Twila, is woven through the story, figures prominently. Through the years, Kellyker comes to rely on Father Idando as she suffers the death of her true love, a long and dangerous search for her father and a deadly relationship with her uncle.