Beyond This Vale of Tears

The decades after his migration from Cuba in October of 1962 had helped to block out the horrific realities of the revolution, but not the sadness and unrest he still experienced. From childhood and through his adult life, Maximo Gomez questioned what his life was meant for, and not receiving an answer, he found peace only in retreat and solitude.

In September of 1997, as he grieved his father's death, he received an otherworldly commission from his ancestors to pen down his family's history...