Easily pleased, Micah enjoys a career in non-profit work and gets through his days one lame joke at a time. Then his friend Lou introduces him to her musical family and the Knights pull Micah into their world of resilience and sorrow. Soon, Micah understands that in the face of grief, optimism isn't always enough.<br><br>Lei was once revered for his tremendous talent. But one day the music died, and the scars under his leather bracelets are a reminder of what he lost. These days, he's nothing but a phantom. Shut away from the world, Lei tunes instruments in the Knights' music store.<br><br>Then charismatic Micah enters his life, charming his family and slowly coaxing his way into Lei's heart with steadfast devotion. With Micah at his side, it may yet be possible for Lei to reclaim the spotlight he'd thought permanently abandoned.

Music of the Knight

“The Knight store dates back to 1913, before the Great War. My great-grandfather was a luthier. He made violins, and then his son, my grandfather, made violins and guitars. Later, in the forties, after the war, Grandpa went into repair and selling, and then my father inherited and turned the shop into what you see today.”


I looked around, finally paying attention to the finer details. The store took up the whole of a two-story stone building that had an antique feel to it. Each room had high ceilings and wood-paneled walls. Contrasting with the older architecture, the walls were covered with posters and autographed black-and-white pictures of many legendary bands of the seventies and so on. I moved closer to a picture of a handsome man who looked a lot like Lou, and whose arm was wrapped around Mick Jagger. “Is this your dad?”


“Ah. Ha. Funny. But your dad met the Stones?”


Chapter 6