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In 1944, 23-year-old Tess DeMello abruptly ends her engagement to the love of her life when she marries a mysterious stranger and moves to Hickory, North Carolina. Hickory is a small town struggling with racial tension and the hardships imposed by World War II. Tess' new husband, Henry Kraft, is a secretive man who often stays out all night, hides money from his new wife and shows no interest in making love. Tess quickly realizes she's trapped in a strange and loveless marriage with no way out.

Maniye, child of both Wolf and Tiger clans, has been named Champion of her people. But they're unsure if she's an asset - or a threat. To buy time, she joins Prince Tecuman's warband of outcasts and heads south, to help him gain his crown. She wants to discover her true place in the world but instead heads into the jaws of a fierce new conflict. Civil war threatens as Tecuman and his twin sister battle for the throne, for only one can rule. Yet whoever triumphs will carry a heavy burden, as a great doom has been foreseen that will fall across their whole world.

North Carolina, 2018: Morgan Christopher’s life has been derailed. Taking the fall for a crime she did not commit, she finds herself serving a three-year stint in prison. Her dream of a career in the arts is put on hold - until a mysterious visitor makes her an offer that will see her released immediately. Her assignment: restore an old post office mural in a sleepy southern town. Desperate to leave prison, Morgan accepts. What she finds under the layers of grime is a painting that tells the story of madness, violence and a conspiracy of small-town secrets.

Per tutta la vita, Riley MacPherson ha creduto che sua sorella maggiore Lisa, violinista prodigio destinata a un futuro di successi, fosse morta suicida quando era solo un'adolescente. Questa convinzione ha modellato la sua infanzia e quella del fratello Danny, la loro visione della famiglia e della vita. Più di vent'anni dopo, però, in seguito alla morte del padre, Riley è a New Bern, nel North Carolina, per mettere ordine nella loro casa d'infanzia e scopre per caso una sconvolgente e inimmaginabile verità: sua sorella è ancora viva e ha assunto una nuova identità.

Én forbrydelse, to kvinders møde på tværs af tid. Begge må de se sandheden i øjnene, uanset hvad den bringer med sig... 1965, North Carolina. I den lille velhaverby Round Hill bor Ellie Hockley med sin familie, som har høje forventninger til hende. Hun tager den rigtige uddannelse, og hendes forlovede arbejder i byens velansete bank. Men Ellie er ikke engageret i den fremtid, som familien har planlagt for hende. Mod deres ønske bruger hun sin sommer som frivillig i borgerrettighedsbevægelsen.

Efterårets store amerikanske roman er en uforglemmelig fortælling baseret på virkelige hændelser om splittelse, kunstneriske sjæle, kærlighed og et gådefuldt maleri i sydstaternes USA.

North Carolina, 2018: Morgan Christophers liv og drømme er knust. Hun sidder fængslet for en forbrydelse, hun ikke har begået – lige indtil en mystisk besøgende giver hende et jobtilbud, der kan sætte hende fri: Hun skal restaurere et gammelt og glemt vægmaleri. Men efterhånden som restaureringen af maleriet skrider frem, og det ene uhyggelige motiv efter det andet åbenbares, begynder Morgan at ane uråd.