The critically acclaimed, bestselling author of News of the World and Enemy Women returns to Texas in this atmospheric story, set at the end of the Civil War, about an itinerant fiddle player, a ragtag band of musicians with whom he travels trying to make a living, and the charming young Irish lass who steals his heart. In March 1865, the long and bitter War between the States is winding down. Till now, twenty-three-year-old Simon Boudlin has evaded...

Story of a boy drafted into the military who begins his career as a pacifist and then soon sees the justification for fighting.

The military draft has been reinstated. Three best friends, George is a successful lawyer, Dixon is a tough-as-nails cab driver, and Feller is a writer with a lot of insecurities. The three are drafted into the Army and given 30 day to report for duty. In that time, the three friends will be forced to confront everything they believe about courage, duty, love, friendship and honor.

Hope plays gun-shy movie star Don Bolton who, despite his concerted efforts to avoid the draft, nevertheless gets caught in it. Despite being the worst of soldiers, Don ends up being hailed as a hero and then looks to win the heart of the colonel's gorgeous daughter.

"Growing up in Syria in the 1990s, Sami's childhood was unremarkable. His day-to-day life largely sheltered him from the horrors of the authoritarian government, until he founded a successful internet company--which landed him on the regime's radar. Suddenly Sami finds himself in jail, then forcibly enlisted into the Syrian army during the early days of a fast-growing civil uprising. Assigned to the mapmaking division, Sami yearns to simply serve...