The clouds held the kind of light that looked like blood.The Morgans sat on the porch, and reminist.They were desperately casting about for something to keep their mood from turning dark blue." John returned to the family's New England beach house to confront his own failings, the ghost of his departed father, and his sister's traumatic secret. The Day of Reckoning is a story that builds with intensity, and challenges a once proud family to reveal their misery, and sense of hope.