Against every impossible odd, against the full weight of laws and customs and centuries of oppression, they had walked a thousand miles in plain sight…
But in September of that year, the stakes were raised even higher when Iraq invaded Iran. The Iran Iraq war was a military conflict over…

A high-ranking official stood before a firing squad just hours after his arrest. Executed so swiftly, his family learned of his death from radio broadcasts.…
“Ticket, sir,” he said, extending his hand. Ellen produced the paper with her left hand, the right still cradled in its sling. The officer examined…
“Here’s what’s going to happen. You and your servant are going to come with me to the station office. We’re going to send a telegram…

While Saddam Hussein ruled Iraq with an iron fist, his eldest son, Uday Hussein, ruled with something far darker: cruelty, obsession, and violence. Behind closed…
Ellen and William found work, found community, found something approaching normal life. They rented a small apartment. William returned to his craft, building furniture with…
“That was too close,” he said quietly. Ellen nodded, removing the glasses with shaking hands. “Charleston knows what to look for. They’re trained to catch…

He did not kill from a distance. He did not rely on gas or bullets alone. Anton Andres murdered with his hands. And in the…
The cruelty of their situation was that survival required him to perform the same indifference that their oppressors showed. The train rolled through the Virginia…
