The bestselling and award-winning author of <I>Native Speaker, A Gesture Life</I>, and <I>Aloft</I> returns with his most ambitious novel yet-a spellbinding story of how love and war echo through an entire lifetime. <BR><BR> June Han was orphaned as a girl by the Korean War. Hector Brennan was a young GI who fled the petty tragedies of his small town to serve his country. When the war ended, their lives collided at a Korean orphanage, where they vied for the attention of Sylvie Tanner, a beautiful yet deeply damaged missionary. <BR><BR> As Lee masterfully unfurls the stunning story of June, Hector, and Sylvie, he weaves a profound meditation on the nature of heroism and sacrifice, the power of love, and the possibilities for mercy, salvation, and surrendering oneself to another.