Fred Fallon is in trouble. Newly retired and aspiring to write his first novel, Fred is exasperated by the loud racket issuing forth from his new neighbors’ backyard play of the game that is all the rage — pickleball. Fred’s only relief from work on his novel — which is shaping up to be the longest book ever written — is his weekly stint as a DJ at the local community radio station and providing intermittent unwanted songwriting advice to Sue. Fred’s neighbors only add to his creative and spousal woes against a backdrop of pickleball, the sport taking not just the U.S. but the entire world by storm.  Is pickleball just a fun fitness fad, or is something more sinister at play?  Something with geo-political consequences?