Christian fiction, Historical fiction 

Shadow of Liberty 

From 1852 to 1943, a numberless sea of immigrants poured into New York Harbor in search of religious freedom and the opportunity to forge a better life for their families. More than a hundred million Americans trace their roots to those tempest-tossed pioneers who set anchor beneath the eternal flame of the lamp of Liberty. Nameless, face-less - these are their stories.
Budapest, 1893. Trampled by a frenzied political mob when a flying brick fells him, young Joseph Varda is torn from his earthly family. Tour boat captain Miklos Varda, the boy's inconsolable father, burns with anger - blaming his older son, Stephan, King Franz Joseph, and almighty God. "Can the dead be brought back to life?" he shouts in anguish as Stephen flees his wrath. When the flood-waters of the Danube engulf the Vardas in further tragic losses. Miklos reconsiders Sigmund Hardik's offer of a job in America piloting riverboats on the Mississippi. Meanwhile the passing kindness of Hardik's beautiful daughter may draw Stephan to Memphis as well...