Something is happening. Something big. In Ireland at the time of the potato famine, a young servant discovers that he is part of a mystery he could never have imagined. In modern San Franciso, two more unsuspecting people are drawn into the same vortex. Crashing through the centuries, the mystery snares young and old, rich and poor, the religious and the skeptic. And sometimes, it carries those people along with it through the ages. People walk the earth for hundreds of years, burdened by knowlege they never wanted, and tormented by visions they can't understand. Some of the clues lie in plain sight, like the obscure form of a woman on the Bayeux tapestry, one of the world's greatest medieval works of art. Other times, the mystery makes itself known in more subtle ways. A scratch on the skin. An empty room. Sister Mary Rose Harlowe and Broderick Ellis have never met, yet find themselves thrown together in a mad rush to get answers that can prevent disasters and save countless lives. And just as they've solved the mystery, they discover that the most shocking revelation is about their own lives. A secret can live forever, or it can hide forever. It can't do both.
At 6 years old, long before he discovers that he is gay, Banat Frantz learns that being Jewish in Hitler's Germany is a bewildering crime for which he and his family must pay. Fire and loathing greet his emerging consciousness and a resourceful child begins to learn survival skills.Violently forced from their home and a successful business, his family immigrates to Holland but discover that they haven't traveled far enough. They realize too late that Hitler's mania would spread across a continent. The Nazis wrench the family apart, tossing them into the maw of the holocaust where only survival matters.Even in places where humanity itself chokes on the ashes of hatred, Banat realizes that he is gay and has fallen in love with another young Jew. The knowledge shapes his existence as he copes with the relentless horror of his life in a series of ever-more grim and nightmarish places until he finds himself in the hushed and gray world of Auschwitz, where silent screams fill every mind.But nothing can truly kill the spirit if it is filled with a longing for beauty. A young man of such sensibilities can forge moments of sublime bliss in whatever setting he encounters, and through a network of Jewish actors, writers, singers and intellectuals he learns that art can shelter his passions and that his very longing is his refuge.From his earliest memories of Nazi rallies that unleashed teeming hatred, to his redemption in a New York gay club, Banat Frantz lives an entire life before it ever really begins.
For more than forty years, the stain of horrific allegations against their father has haunted the Esker sons. When three little boys were murdered in 1975, their dad was suspected of the crimes. The immense strain of the unsolved case shattered the family, sending the brothers reeling into destinies of death, flight, and, in the case of Don Esker, shame-filled silence. Years later, Don returns to the family home in North Homestead, Ohio, to help care for his dying father in his final months. His dad longs for the peace that will only come with clearing his name. If Don can find the killer, he can heal his family—and himself. His own redemption begins when he becomes romantically involved with Bruce, who joins the hunt and forces Don to confront the unthinkable answer they’ve uncovered.
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