In the Cause of Freedom

Christabel Von Dreshler has spent years building a new life in America, far from the shadows of her past in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. But when her uncle dies in Missouri, she discovers papers that shatter her understanding of her family: her father's name, slandered by a false murder accusation, remains tarnished in their homeland. She must return to Europe, to the very heart of the revolutionary ferment spreading across Russian-occupied Poland, where she will need every ounce of her wit and courage to navigate a treacherous world of secret societies, corrupt authorities, and powerful men who have reasons to keep the truth buried. What begins as a quest for personal redemption becomes entangled with the larger struggle for freedom in a land where oppression breeds rebellion. This is a tale of one woman's determination to reclaim her honor in a world that demands she fight for something larger than herself.