In the harrowing dawn of April 19, 1775, a young man's hands tremble on his musket, changing from boy to veteran amidst the chaotic, bloody birth of American freedom at Lexington.
When German soldiers raid a movie theater and conscript him into a brutal work camp, a young Italian boy must fight for survival and protect his best friend's dangerous secret amidst the horrors of war.
In Echo Park's unseen corners, a drive-by shooting affects Mexican-American housekeepers, day laborers, and dreamers, making them face who they are and their place in a land both taken and desired.
A mob enforcer and his son seek bloody retribution in the Depression-era underworld after their family is massacred, forcing them to confront the cost of loyalty and vengeance.
A government assassin refuses a kill order, goes on the run with a teenage runaway, and uncovers a deadly conspiracy that makes him question everything he knows.
Three siblings, moved to a lavish Fifth Avenue apartment, discover their new home holds a giant, city-spanning puzzle left by its eccentric deceased owner, leading them on a quest to find a hidden fortune and long-lost secrets.
After his controversial mentor's body and final, explosive manuscript disappear from the Hudson, a young writer returns to Manila, connecting 150 years of Philippine history through his mentor's fragmented life to expose hidden national truths and confront his own.
Exiled from America, a former Weather Underground radical's new life in Liberia descends into political violence and personal betrayal when her family becomes entangled with the warlord Charles Taylor, forcing an impossible choice.
In Mo Yan's "The Garlic Ballads," a government-ordered garlic boom ruins rural Chinese farmers, leading to corruption, jail, and a violent uprising inspired by a blind minstrel's defiance.
On the sun-drenched shores of St. Barths, a carefree winter break turns treacherous for Reed when her romance with the island's most coveted, and controversial, bachelor ensnares her in a web of jealousy, past betrayals, and a dangerous ex determined to reclaim him.
A Celtic queen, descended from kings and toughened by war, must navigate treacherous politics and a passionate, dangerous love to secure her son's legacy and unite Scotland.
In the rugged Appalachians, fourteen-year-old Mary Call Luther fiercely battles poverty, a persistent suitor, and the looming threat of the state to honor her deathbed promise and keep her orphaned siblings from being torn apart.
When a small-town tragedy affects a novelist, his editor, a critic, and a reader become involved in a fight for truth amid corporate takeovers and the act of creation itself.
Haunted by a mermaid's song and appearances, Adrianne must decide if the creature wants to save her family from starvation or pull her sister into the ocean.
In Fascist Italy, a disguised revolutionary navigates a treacherous world of desperate peasants, cynical priests, and brutal ideologues, battling the regime's assault on body and mind.
In the ancient Knysna Forest, a young woodcutter's life intertwines with the fate of a magnificent elephant herd, as their world clashes with humanity's greed for timber and ivory.
An American teen at an elite British boarding school gets caught in a centuries-old mystery about Lord Byron, where past and present collide with deadly results.
In 1930s Kansas, young Sandy Rogers navigates adolescence and racial division, finding strength and identity through his mother's labor and his father's search for work.
In West Texas, a serious rancher and a free-spirited cowboy, lifelong friends, both love the same woman, whose heart and sons they divide between them over sixty years as the American West changes.
Dressed in black and named Arthur's killer by prophecy, Mordred fights his grim fate and seeks his father's love, finding an unexpected ally in the sorceress Nyneve, who gives him a white pup and a chance at goodness away from Camelot.
In war-torn 15th-century France, a peasant girl named Jehanne, driven by divine voices and a desperate need to escape a brutal home, becomes a warrior who rallies an army and captivates a nation, only to face the devastating cost of her extraordinary faith and fame.
In post-war England, two Australian sisters navigate decades of love, betrayal, and lingering secrets, as one's adventurous heart is courted by a steady scientist and the other seeks solace in a seemingly perfect marriage.
