Talisman — John Godwin

In the riveting sequel to the popular Hope, Patrick Hope is cast ashore, lost and alone in 1758 colonial America. He has escaped the old world and its demons, but he has left behind his family, his home, and the woman he loved. In America he is haunted by the nightmares of his past, while pursued by the powerful man who wishes to see him dead. His fight to survive, and to achieve the promise of a new life in a new land, is the story of America itself. It is a story of immigrants fighting, reaching, dreaming, loving. It is a story of hope and promise, an inspiring tale of a man alone in the darkness, courageously struggling to see the dawn of a new day. It is the story of a poor Irishman who becomes an American, and in so doing helps to create a new nation. Like the novel that introduced us to Patrick Hope, Talisman is a great yarn that keeps the reader turning page after page. Yet it teaches us, too, about our nation's roots and about the men and women on whom that nation is founded. And in so doing, it touches our hearts and souls.