Shot in the Heart

Product Description January 1977. Gary Gilmore is about the become the first conviced murderer to be executed in a decade. His brother Mikal can help prevent the execution, but first he has to come to terms with the brother he barely knew. Together, they discover a shared past, born of a brutal father, raised in a family haunted by death, religion and superstition. With a media storm raging outside the prision, another storm is brewing inside as a tortured son meets his brother and his fate. From the Back Cover January, 1977. Gary Gilmore is about to become the first convicted murderer to be executed in a decade. His youngest brother, Mikal Gilmore, can help prevent the execution, but first he has to get to know the brother he barely remembers. Deep in the bowels of a dark prison, they discover their shared past, born of a brutal father, raised in a family haunted by death, religion and superstition. Outside the prison, a media storm is raging fueled by television, newspapers and magazine covers. But inside the prison, another storm is brewing, fueled by the buried anger of a tortured son about to meet his brother and his fate.