"Dan, a renowned war photographer struggling with PTSD, forms an unexpected bond with Sebastian, a Sudanese refugee, until one of his photographs unearths a dark secret from Sebastian's past"--back cover.

They were known simply as "The Lost Boys." Orphaned by the brutal civil war in Sudan that began in 1983, these young victims traveled as many as a thousand miles on foot in search of safety. Fifteen years later, a humanitarian effort would bring 3,600 lost boys and girls to America.

An impoverished Ethiopian mother pushes her Christian son to pretend to be a Jewish orphan, so that he may emigrate to Israel as part of Operation Moses. As a teen, Shlomo falls in love with a white girl, Sarah, whose father is racist and disapproves of him. Later they marry, with his secret still unknown to her. When Shlomo finally tells Sarah of his past, the strains on their relationship are too great. Will they be able to reconcile his past and...