About Scott Van Dutton
...by J. Blair Lund
In the dying days of the cold war, a recluse East German dissident by the name of Johann Schroeder considered the fate of the centuries old relic he held in his hands. Although it had survived the ravages of time, two world wars and an unfortunate incident involving his wife, mistress and a violin being thrown at him, he knew a great challenge lay ahead…how to survive the inevitable collapse of the GDR and the capitalist wave that would surely envelope his people and make a trophy of “The Radik.”
Centuries earlier in the final year of this life, Antonio Stradivari had fashioned a violin beyond compare…one that contained a unique power…imbuing all those who listened to it with unprecedented musical abilities including composition, improvisation and staying within a budget.