Frank Ridley has something generations of people have dreamed about: time. A revolutionary medical experiment has extended his expected lifespan to three hundred years, leaving him young while everyone around him will continue to age. Yet when Frank returns to Virginia Halloran, the woman he has never stopped loving, his extraordinary gift suddenly feels more like a barrier between them.Virginia still loves him, but loving Frank now means facing a future neither of them ever imagin...

Frank Ridley has something generations of people have dreamed about: time. A revolutionary medical experiment has extended his expected lifespan to three hundred years, leaving him young while everyone around him will continue to age. Yet when Frank returns to Virginia Halloran, the woman he has never stopped loving, his extraordinary gift suddenly feels more like a barrier between them.Virginia still loves him, but loving Frank now means facing a future neither of them ever imagin...

Frank Ridley returns from a year-long secret experiment transformed, his body remade by Dr. Lord's radical blood-fluid replacement process and his life potentially extended for centuries. In sunlit, rocket-filled New Chicago, he hurries to Virginia Halloran, determined to preserve the love that has sustained him, only to discover that scientific immortality may be the very thing that separates them. Over a painful breakfast, Frank reveals the truth, and Virginia is forced to confront a fut...

On the fog-shrouded world of Venus, a struggling Terran hunter faces a moral crisis when a wealthy client offers him a fortune to guide her on an illegal safari. Her target is the red roebuck, a creature so rare and beautiful that the native Venusians worship it as holy. With his own survival at stake, the hunter agrees, even as his young native assistant recoils in dismay and a blind beggar prophesies doom.As they trek into the riotously colorful but eerie sanctuary, the hunter’s ...

John Jakes continues the fascinating story of the Crown family dynasty in Chicago. Moving from 1906 to 1917, AMERICAN DREAMS brings to life a brash young nation taking its place on an international stage as the children of the German immigrant Crown family prepare themselves for the excitement of a new century.As Fritzi Crown becomes a comedy film star, her younger brother Carl seeks greater thrills in flying planes and their cousin Paul finds his destiny filming the destruction wro...

Two families are united—and torn apart—by the Civil War in these three dramatic novels by the #1 New York Times –bestselling master of the historical epic.North and SouthIn the years leading up to the Civil War, one enduring friendship embodies the tensions of a nation. Orry Main from South Carolina and George Hazard from Pennsylvania forge a lasting bond while training at the United States Military Acade...

The first volume in the addictive saga of the American Revolution by the #1 New York Times –bestselling author of the North and South trilogy.Meet Phillipe Charboneau: the illegitimate son and unrecognized heir of the Duke of Kentland. Upon the Duke's death, Phillipe is denied his birthright and left to build a life of his own. Seeking all that the New World promises, he leaves London for America, shedding his past and pr...

The first volume of John Jakes’s acclaimed and sweeping saga about a friendship threatened by the divisions of the Civil WarIn the years leading up to the Civil War, one enduring friendship embodies the tensions of a nation. Orry Main from South Carolina and George Hazard from Pennsylvania forge a lasting bond while training at the United States Military Academy at West Point. Together they fight in the Mexican-American War, but their closeness is tested as their r...

The Main and Hazard families clash on and off the Civil War’s battlefields as they grapple with the violent realities of a divided nationAmerica’s master storyteller continues his reign with Love and War, a story steeped in passion and betrayal. With the Confederate and Union armies furiously fighting, the once-steadfast bond between the Main and Hazard families continues to be tested. From opposite sides of the conflict, they face heartache and triumph on...

The first three novels in an American epic from the #1 New York Times –bestselling author, "the godfather of historical novelists" ( Los Angeles Times ).This multigenerational saga follows the Kent family and their pursuit of a foothold and future in the expanding United States. From the family's initial journey traveling to America's shore to their voyage to the Western frontier...

The conclusion to the North and South Trilogy brings the battle between the Mains and Hazards—and Confederate and Union armies—to a satisfying end.The last days of the Civil War bring no peace for the Main and Hazard families. As the Mains' South smolders in the ruins of defeat, the Hazards' North pushes blindly for relentless industrial progress. Both the nation and the families' long-standing bond hover on the brink of destruction.In the series' epic conc...

A monumental American novel about one man’s rise from life as a penniless immigrant to the head of a family empireIn the tradition of great writers like Charles Dickens and John Steinbeck, John Jakes crafts a sweeping family drama. In late-nineteenth-century Chicago, the tragedies and triumphs of the Crowns illustrate the power of the American Dream. As immigrants to America, their turbulent story spans a decade marked by the vicious Pullman Strike, the birth of mo...