From the author of THE NAVIGATORS comes this story of a young man's quest. Summer, 1964: sixteen-year-old first string quarterback Tristan Bentley has the perfect life. Recruiters for college athletic programs are expressing interest in his passing arm as well as his wrestling skills, the varsity cheerleading squad at his high school has designated him a priority target, and his best friend just got a Sting Ray convertible for his seventeenth birthday. But change is on the horizon. Not just change for Tristan's family and their home town, but change for the entire country. As past and present collide, the outcome is uncertain. For some, change will bring tragedy and heartbreak; for others, progress and unimagined opportunity. From small town America to Greenwich Village, the jungles of Southeast Asia, and Castro Street; from the voter registration drives of a Mississippi on the verge of conflagration to the great marches and demonstrations of the peace movement, the carnage and terror of the Viet Nam war, and the dawn of gay liberation, LODESTAR tells the story of Tristan's struggle to claim his manhood, find freedom, and build a life of meaning and authenticity.