In late 1961, as Algeria's war for independence from France is coming to a close, two crosses, symbolic of another time in history, draw together a host of characters in an unforgettable story of love and war, revenge and forgiveness...
Elizabeth Musser is able to reflect the hatred between different people groups in a way that draws the reader in…
--Reformatorisch Dagblad, Netherlands
.When Gabriella Madison arrives in the sleepy southern French village of Castelnau to study in an exchange program, her plans don't include falling in love with her cynical young professor, David Hoffman. Nor does she plan to become an unwitting accomplice in his involvement in the Algerian War. And she certainly doesn't expect to face a part of her past that calls into questions all her theories about faith and forgiveness.
Far from home and caught up in a dangerous web of intrigue, Gabriella discovers she has a lot to learn--about David, about forgiveness, about love.
