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CHRISTINE THOMPSON and ADAM VESTRY are Providentially reunited four years following their first adventure in The Invisible Empire. The year is 1876. Chicago, just five years after the Great Fire, continues to rebuild its reputation as Queen of the West. The nation stands on the threshold of greatness, and a hope in Progress reigns. Christine, determined to make her own way, joins a beautiful utopian community called New Eden, where new ideas, hard work and equality have seemingly recreated Paradise. Adam, now an investigative magazine reporter, pursues connections between organized crime and business. Adam discovers that beneath Chicago's gemlike surface lies a dark and dangerous underworld where greed and power bring ruin to all who dare embrace it. Adam follows a trail of corruption to the doorstep of New Eden. He will need all his wits and his faith to rescue Christine and to foil the evil that seeks to bring flames and destruction to the Queen of the West once again

JOSIAH WASHINGTON, a sixteen-year-old former slave, longs to experience the true meaning of freedom in 1870's Philadelphia. An act of kindness sets Josiah at odds with ADAM VESTRY, the seventeen-year-old son of an influential white newspaperman who is secretly plotting to bring the Ku Klux Klan into the North. Deeply hurt and frustrated by the cruel injustices he has suffered, Josiah is unwittingly drawn into the newspaperman's ruthless schemes. Upon uncovering his father's treachery, Adam must choose a dangerous line of action that could save Josiah's life but threaten the course of his life and family-forever. As Josiah learns how to trust God and his new friends, he must help them find a way to stop the KKK from igniting Philadelphia into a violent war of racial hatred. Heroes and enemies spanning two generations collide, as God calls the past into account and brings evil men to justice.

Summer of 1869 - the bustling riverfront city of Cincinnati, Ohio. Steamboats churn the Ohio River as the nation's ever-expanding economy thrives in the wake of the Civil War. Two 16-year-olds, Charlie Martin and his best friend Luther Robinson, love "base ball" and follow the exploits of America's first professional base ball team - the undefeated Cincinnati Red Stockings and their 51-game winning streak. An untimely death and a ruthless shipping magnate end Charlie and Luther's dream for a Greater Cincinnati Youth Club ball field and grandstand. Charlie and Luther dig in and square off against one of Cincinnati's most powerful men, risking their honor, friendships and freedom to right a grievous wrong. I Love Baseball is the first in a series of adventure-mysteries set against America's original national pastime. So "Batter Up " and let the games begin

DANIEL SWEETWATER is a sixteen-year-old Delaware Indian living with his preacher father among the Cherokee in 1838. He and his father are forced to march with the last remnants of the Cherokee nation on a 1000-mile journey from their homes in Georgia to a reservation in the Oklahoma Territory. Cruel men and harsh weather make Daniel and the Cherokees' journey a treacherous one. Winter's approach and the daily pains of injustice hammer mercilessly at Daniel's faith in God. But God provides hope. Daniel makes friends with a wise old frontiersman and a missionary's courageous daughter. However, unexpected tragedy clouds his heart with anger and leads to an opportunity for Daniel to take justice into his own hands. With retribution only a knife's blade away, Daniel is faced with a choice. Will he follow a dark trail of vengeance? Or will he follow the light of truth and discover a special mercy hidden within his Christian heritage?

WHEN a ghostly Blackbeard and his crew rise from the dead and begin haunting the people of Williamsburg, Virginia, young Tom Jefferson and his closest friend Will Blair set about to unravel the mystery. Little do they realize the chain of events their bold actions will set into motion, events that will forever shape their lives, and the life of a fledgling nation. This Tom Jefferson Mystery fills in the gaps of Jefferson's youth as he pursues his education at William and Mary College. Williamsburg, coined by a teenage Jefferson as "Devilsburg" with its opportunities for adventure, gives readers a fresh and exciting look at one of America's storied characters and times.