The iron curtain

Volume six of Robert Vaughan's American Chronicles begins with the emergence of a new America from the fiery furor of World War II; an America ready and eager to grasp the future. But the country cannot escape the shadows of the past horrors nor the obligation to the brave souls who fought for liberty and peace. Amongst the defeated Germany facing her fate at Nuremberg and a Red scare making its mark in every household laid stories of courage, celebration, and the realization of destinies. Holocaust survivor Anna Gelbman heads off to Palestine to fight for a new homeland and to search for a daughter she hopes is still alive. Black pilot and war hero Travis Jackson's homecoming to Mississippi results in another battle, this time for equality. Award-winning war correspondent Shaylin McKay faces up to her devastating dread of love after losing two men to the terrors of war. Gifted Hollywood director Guy Colby, branded a Communist, watches his dreams fade as the witch-hunt continues.