A story of retribution about American missionaries in rural China in 1910 whose toddler son is stolen by Mongol bandits and whose search for him across a dangerous land comes to haunt them, changing not only what they believe but who they are.
When she learns that her husband has been kidnapped in Afghanistan, the swirl of events here and abroad sends Clarissa into the late-night streets of Brooklyn and connects her to a wider world of warriors and survivors.
Set in the stark landscape of the desert southwest in some very near future, a young unwed mother must find her way in a world damaged by a ravaging bird flu epidemic and drought.
