Maxwell David Marcus

A troubled young man's act of vandalism leads to the only person who can save him. Sagacity offers a roller coaster of emotions. A story of loss, pain, blame and guilt, with the underlying presence of love. In the end its the love and companionship that prevail.

In late 1943, an American squad engages in a skirmish with German soldiers along the Winter Line in central Italy. As artillery shells rain down, the Americans must honor the rules of war and protect their wounded prisoners. Huddled together in a cave and made to see the enemy as human, the soldiers wrestle with unimaginable moral questions outside the boundaries of nationality and allegiance.

On the brink of her last day on Earth before being forced to return to her planet of origin, a young woman must find a way to stay in her new home. As her options begin to run out, she grapples with the moral question of how far she is willing to go in order to achieve her goal.