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The 23rd Hero: a novel
An ordinary woman with an extraordinary memory travels back in time to sixteenth-century France to stop climate change before it starts and return to the man she loves.
In the near future, the world is desperate for a hero. On the verge of being forced to live in underground bunkers due to climate crisis, an ordinary woman with an extraordinary memory is recruited for a time travel program to stop environmental disasters before they happen.
But when she falls in love with the program's mysterious founder, she must learn to believe in herself and her abilities before she's sent to sixteenth-century France with no way to save the world or return to the man she loves.
"A page-turning, wild, and marvelous ride." — Susan Choi, Booker Prize finalist, Pulitzer Prize finalist, winner of the National Book Award for Trust Exercise.
Where War Ends: A Combat Veteran's 2,700-Mile Journey to Heal
After serving in a scout/sniper platoon in Mosul, Tom Voss came home carrying invisible wounds of war — the memory of doing or witnessing things that went against his fundamental beliefs. This was not a physical injury that could heal with medication and time but a “moral injury” — a wound to the soul that eventually urged him toward suicide.
Desperate for relief from the pain and guilt that haunted him, Voss embarked on a 2,700-mile journey across America, walking with a fellow veteran from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to the Pacific Ocean. Readers walk with these men as they meet fellow veterans and Native American healers.
At the end of their riveting journey, Voss realizes he is really just beginning his healing. He pursues meditation training and discovers sacred breathing techniques that shatter his understanding of war and himself, and move him from despair to hope. Voss’s story will give inspiration to veterans, their friends and family, and survivors of all kinds.
About the author
Rebecca Anne Nguyen (she/her) is the author of The 23rd Hero, a 2025 Audie Awards finalist, #1 Amazon bestseller, and winner of the 2024 Reader's Choice Award for Best Adult Novel (Bronze). Her writing has appeared in the New York Times, Insider, and Slackjaw, among others.
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