In 1918, Emmaline Balakin takes a leap of faith and follows a letter sent by someone from her past, which places her as a war librarian in a frontline hospital in France—where she secretly distributes banned books. In 1976, midshipman Kathleen Carre, one of the first women to join the United States Naval Academy, finds herself in the midst of danger after unraveling a secret connected to her past. Two valiant generations of women spearhead the perilous dual storyline of this riveting novel, striking down anyone who dares to test them with one of the most powerful forces of all…books!