Frayed, by Patrick Davis, is an autobiography written in rhyme. Following two true warriors serving fifteen years apart, it is about lost love, hardship, good times and bad, and ultimately the permanence of death. The saga begins with a boy born in rural Northwestern Pennsylvania while his uncle fights for his life on the beaches of Normandy. Luckily, the Germans couldn't stop Johnny from teaching his nephew to be a man, even with a new plate in his head. When the ghosts of war drive Johnny to finish the job that Hitler's war machine couldn't, his nephew could do nothing but follow in his footsteps. Yet war cannot cure a heavy heart and a guilty conscience. Now, in his ninth decade, Patrick realizes that the love found along the way might.