At 30, photojournalist Serena Stone has already made a name for herself with her unique and dramatic coverage of wars in the Middle East. But after her father's unexpected death in France, she has left her job at the renowned photo news agency that he founded, weary of years of dodging bullets and exploding landmines. Leaving the front lines behind, Serena returns to New York where she starts work on a biography of her celebrated father. Well-kept secrets, passionate love, obsession, betrayal, redemption, and the power of the past to control the future propel this new novel.