Promises To Keep A story of a young man who loses his family to a dreadful disease and struggles with the Why. He seeks to find himself and his purpose in life void of the ones he loved. He seeks a change from his hometown and decides to live on an island he frequented earlier in his youth fishing with his father. It is a story which takes place on the beautiful Outer Banks of North Carolina in the late 19th century. This novel is a mixture of historical accuracy and the author's imagination.