What happens to an oil industry lobbyist when climate change gets personal?In a world where the devastating effects of climate change can seem inconsequential to the lives of the wealthy, Daniel Lazaro thrives as a powerful Washington lobbyist for the fossil fuel industry. With a dream life on the Guadalupe River, a loving wife and a young daughter, Daniel is blind to the repercussions of his work. But when a flash flood in the Texas Hill Country sweeps aw...

What happens to an oil industry lobbyist when climate change gets personal?In a world where the devastating effects of climate change can seem inconsequential to the lives of the wealthy, Daniel Lazaro thrives as a powerful Washington lobbyist for the fossil fuel industry. With a dream life on the Guadalupe River, a loving wife and a young daughter, Daniel is blind to the repercussions of his work. But when a flash flood in the Texas Hill Country sweeps away his home and his family,...

In the neon-glare and grit of 1980s New York—graffiti-streaked subways, squeegee men at stop lights, dive bars and an old-world gentlemen's club—left-handed lawyer Finnegan Alger has built a routine of chasing trademark counterfeiters and hapless romance—until a deadly crime upends his life. Navy pilots are dying, and Finn stumbles upon the cause. This should be the big break to make his career, but why does everyone press him to look away? A pervasive cover-up forces him to confront more ...

A one-way ticket to "Europe on no dollars a day" buys Stephen Kylemore a trip to love, loss and liberty.With college behind him and nothing to tie him down, Stephen Kylemore yearns to escape a country and a family torn apart by the Vietnam War. Buoyed by his love of literature and a dream of living an odyssey of his own, he buys a one-way ticket for the journey he will come to call "Europe on No Dollars a Day."Stephen joins young people from around the world on a road with no...

Having it all is great, until everything comes crashing down.Atticus Forester is the son of a billionaire, living a life of privilege between a Manhattan townhouse and Pandion, the family compound on the coast of Maine. But young Atticus misses a flight on his father's jet, and that changes everything.Suddenly alone and on the street, Atticus must fend for himself armed only with his wits. He crashes in a Loisaida tenement and invents one scheme after another to feed himsel...

Backstory is a compelling page-turner about the perils of trying to rewrite one's personal narrative. Starting with a dramatic night of six tight-knit friends studying at Dublin's Trinity College, the story explores how secrets never stay buried and the past is never truly past. Beginning with cad Ansel Tone, a rock star among historians, and frustrated novelist Charlie Piedmont, each character is complicated, flawed and human. Ansel is a womanizer who sleeps with students and plagiarizes ...