First published 2012
Pulitzer Prize winner Tom Sagan sits in exile, his journalism career destroyed by a fabricated Middle East story. Someone orchestrated his downfall, but he cannot prove it. As he contemplates ending his life, a mysterious stranger appears and forces him into action. This decision pulls Sagan into the crosshairs of the Magellan Billet, a secretive Justice Department unit handling America's most classified cases. Sagan becomes trapped in an international crisis that threatens both Washington and Jerusalem. A ruthless fanatic pursues him while government operatives close in from all sides. His only escape lies in solving a centuries-old mystery: why did Columbus really sail to the New World in 1492? The chase takes Sagan from Vienna to Prague to Jamaica's Blue Mountains, where he must rewrite history to survive. A family secret and a 500-year-old deception converge in a truth that could reshape modern politics.
Genres: historical-fiction, adventure, mystery, thriller, action
Vibes: fast-paced, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, government-cover-up, redemption
Setting: Jamaica, Jerusalem, Prague, Vienna, Washington
Period: 1492, 21st-century
426 pages · Hardcover · Ballantine Books