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Is there anything that might ease your journey? Water? A blanket? Ellen shook her head minutely. Thank you. No, I only need quiet. Of course,…

Ellen could feel the woman’s suspicion like a physical presence hovering just at the edge of awareness. For the rest of the journey to Wilmington,…

They were the kind of couple who looked like they had everything ahead of them. In the spring of 1998, Eric Holloway and Marie Dunn,…

If they had stayed in Wilmington overnight, if the woman had mentioned her concerns to authorities, if she had decided to investigate further. But they…

A question that had no good answer, no clever deflection, no way out except the truth or a lie so desperate it could only end…

Their escape had been too spectacular, too audacious to remain unknown for long. Word was spreading through the south about the enslaved couple who had…

He paused briefly near the window where Ellen sat. She held completely still, posture relaxed, but distant, the way she had seen white men ignore…

The planter seemed satisfied and returned to his newspaper. Outside, through the small cabin window, the Georgia coastline slipped past, marshes and islands and the…

In the spring of 1989, Machu Picchu was alive with the footsteps of travelers from every corner of the globe. All drawn by the ancient…