Kondali, Illinois, is one of those towns most people never escape. John Lazlo never thought he was one of those people, but the evidence is piling up as he nears his 10-year high school reunion. His intelligence is neglected on repairing factory engines, his passion is spent on a woman from his past, and his time is wasted on beer, scribbling lyrics to songs in a notebook, and meaningless nights with the same old friends. He's a young man who feels old-and like he'll never get any older. The tracks of Kondali Rail run in multiple directions out of town. John Lazlo tries to ease the ticking time-bomb in his head as each day becomes part of the same old routine, and he wonders-if these tracks lead out of town, why does no one ever go anywhere? Kondali Rail is a story about a man who feels trapped by his past as much as he feels trapped in his hometown. But John Lazlo learns there are other ways to escape the inescapable truth.